The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-17

NEW YORK. Oct. 16.-Evenng---Cotton ic lower;
sales 10Y bales Middng upands 165c. Flour easier,
ed export and home trade demand sales II 800 bbls
State State at % g 90; Round Hoop Ohio 10 q 7 70:
heavy and and &c lowers the difficulty in selling
foreign exchange materially checks the export de-
mand; sales 900 bush No Iowa Spring at 80;
to good Winter Red Western As 20 So; No2 Chica-
60 at i32 9 So, Mixed Spring 56; Iowa Spring at
inquiry; sales 246,OOO bush; steamer Mixed Western
81 9 5Slc; do sail SO a 6Oc; Yellow 60c. Oats are
firmer sales $4,000 bush; bite Western at 80 q 55c
new Mixed Western afoat at As % 50c Beef is quiet
Pork is dull and lower; 10 rs; prime do at
10 co. Lard ower steam at as f-lGc; kettle at Ssc
whiskey is lower; Western free at 99t a 92Ic Rice
is unchanged Carolina 8 az Sc. Sugar dull and un-
settled sales S65 hhds refining "a q 7ac; Porto Rico
at 81 q SIC; Cuba SCI; Havana White 81 q l0Ic.-
Coffee dull; Rio at 1871 a 21lc; Laguayra q q PC;
Maraicabo 81 a 22c Java % "a 25c; st Domingo 10
q 18ic. Molasses is dull Clayed "A a csc; New Or
leans 80 a $50; Porto Rico 40 a Coo; Muscovado "A
a SOC. Naval Stores-Spirts Turpentlpe is easy at
42le; Rosin is easier at 20 a. rs for strained. Pc
troleum is dull refined at 16a a. lie crude ST. Tai
low is steady at II a. 7sc; sales 10000 lbs.
Fregbts to Liverpool less active; ehartering rates
shade hrmer; Grain per steamer at 12t q I'D
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-Flour is firm and in fair de-
mand sales of choice and fancy extra Spring at 90
q 80. Wheat is dull and unsettled market opened
and closed dull and lower; sales No Spring at 1 OLE
Spring sold 0S a o.; regular offered at o.; No
Spring sold at SO oslo. Corn is dull and lower mo
sc seller Sh Maed
36c. Oats dull and declining: sales of No at 800 a
Sc cash SIT 3ltc for seller Nov rejected at 2eic
ley is dull and declining; sales OF No Fall %; No
Spring 90 q 90. Provisions quiet nd weak. Pork
lots weak; sales for future at u 37 ~ a II so SELL
er Dec. Lard is quiet and unchanged at 7sc cash. &c
for seller Dec Bulk Meats-short rib middles sold
at 81 q &c loose. Bacon is quiet and unchanged
Whiskey isdull and dropping at 9Oc.
Lake Freights dull and nominal-Corn to Buffalo
Receipts-1oOOO obls -four 900 bush wheat, 1884,
900 hnsh corn 10000 bush oats $500 bush 900
Shipments 5000 obls -four, $4,000 bush wheat 891-
600 bush corn 81 600 bush oats 0OG0 bush rye, 1900
bush barley, 0G00 hogs.
CINCINNATI, Oct. Provisions are dull and un-
steam 7sc; kettle held at Sc. Bulk Meats quiet;
shoulders at 71c clear rib sides at a 7ie clear sides
at 7ac Bacon irregular sales of shoulders at u q &C.,
key is steady at $50.
TOLEDO, Oct. 49, Flour quiet and unchanged ex-
ira Spring at rs a 80. Wheat is dull; sales of
seller Dec; No White Walsh 50; No Red 50 a
33 cash 30 seller Oct: 359 do Nov. Corn is dull
and declining sales Of high Mixed acc for cash; 46
a 465c seller Now 4s q 4S3c seller Dec; low Mixed
at 424c cash. Oats duh and declining; sales of
No at sec; No 2 at 3ic.
Lake Freights dull and nothing doing-to Buffalo
Receipts-o00o bbs four IL 600 bush wheat, 900
bush corn, 1900 bush oats.
Shpments6-1000 bbls flour II 900 bush heat IS 600
tush corn, 5000 bush oats.
MILwAUKEE, Oct. 16:-Flour quiet and UNCHANGED
at 90 q So Wheat is quiet and weak sales of No
at IL; No at 0es cash i c6t for seller Now Oats
dull and unsettled; No 2 at size. Corn steady; No
Mixed at 41c. Rye steady; No at Csc. Barley quiet
and weak No Spring at 80.
Lake Freights-Wheat to Buffalo u; Wheat to Os-
wego at H.
Receipts-5OO0 bbls -four, $780, 900 bush wheat
Shipments 1900 bbls -four, 1877 900 bush wheat.
DETROIT, Oct. 16-F1our is dull and unchanged at
q 90. Wheat dull and &c lower; sailed of extra
at 81 No White at As; Amber Michigan at 1 80.
Corn is dull and declined to 49ic. Oats dull and de-
Ginning; sales at 35c.
Ereights-to Oswego at 8.
Receipts-o,oo0 bbls flour, 5000 bush wheat 5000
bush corn, 5000 bush oats.
Shipments-00 COG bbis four 1000 bush wheat 1000
bush corn. $1,000 bush oats.
CHARLESTON. DC. 16.-Coton is easy; Middlng
uplands 15s g 15sc.
SAVANNAH, Oct. 16.-Cotton is quiet; NIiddling
uplands at 16c.
MOBILE, Oct. 16.-Cotton is weak; Middling up
lands at 16ic.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. f6-Cotton is in good de-
mand; Middiing uplal,ds III q 17sc.