The Portland daily press., 1873-12-22


NEW YORK. Dec 20-5 p. M.-Ashes quiet and
steady at 90 for pots. Cotton quiet with &c de-
ceipts of Flour r. 262 bbs; Flour dull and heavy and
a 10c lower sales $500 bbls at s. a Is for SUI
perfine Western and State; so 50 for common to
good extra Western and State; 90 @9 80 for good
to choice do; 30 a 90 for common to choice White
Wheat Western extra IS go So .or common to good
extra Ohio; 80 a II 90 for common choice extra st
Louis: market closing more steady; Southern Flour
dull and declining; sales $50 bbs at 80 q Z 80 for
common to fair extra 50 g II 90 for good to choice
q 90. Corn Meal is FIRM sales 700 bbls at 3 80 "a
% for Western; so for Brandywine Whskey is
receipts of Wheat 1882 bush; Wheat is heavy
and lower with moderate export demaud market
closing with little more tone sales 900 bush at
go in car lots; 50 for No Milwaukee, so for VIM
ter Red Western; 1 6o5 for No Milwaukee; So a
l so for No Minnesota; "a for No 2 Northwest
tern; IS for White Western also sales of % bush
No Chicago last half January at 90. Rye is quiet
at 03 q 0s; sales of % 900 bush jersey at O3-
for Western; 515 for Canada East; / IA FIR Upper
Lake Canada. Barley Malt quiet and unchanged;
sales Of 900 bush Canada peas at 90. Corn-re-
ceipts 100 bush; Corn is active and excited and
9 4c higher with brisk export demand sales o. 900
bush at SO q s2lc for Western Mixed in store and
aoat also sales of 900 bush unsound at 20 a. 7OIc
in store. Oats receipts 1O,2OO bush; Oats are 1c
better ;sales 5000 bush at So SOC for Mixed Western
afoat 80 q 60c for White Western afoat. Coal is
dull at SO a so for Anthracite " ton y cargo
Eggs quiet heavy at 80 "a Sic for State and Penn
sylvana 20 a 2lc for Western lined. Hay steady at
at Is 4Oc for Western and State ISIS. Leather is
firm; Hemlock sole, Buenos Ayres and Rio Grande
light middle and heavy weights at 81 q soc; CAL
ifornia do &c a 2Sc; Or1nocO do % a 27Ic Wool is
quiet and unchanged domestic fleece SO az &C. pull
ell 2s q &c; nnwashed IS 4Oc; Texas % q 34c;
size. Coffee quiet and very firm at unchanged prices
Sugar is dn and unchanged; fair to go ID renin is
quoted at u q &c; sales 2l5 hhds; Muscovado ct g
small sales of Carolina quoted at u a Sc Petro-
lenm dull at 5sc for crude; 1Ss @ 1896 for refined
Provisions-Pork quiet and weak new mess at 16 90
g 16 62i; extra prime at II 5l prime mess 13 rs q
II 90. Beef quiet AMI unchanged. Beef Hams quiet
and steady. Tieree Beef quieL and unchanged. Cut
Meats in limited request; sales of 100 ties picked
Hams. II lb av, at l0sc; mi ldles are steady long
clear Tic; $50 boxes short clear at Lard is weak
err sales Of 1900 ties Western steam at sic $50 ties
for Jan at SEC; $500 for seller February 5-i6 "a
9c 70 ties for seller March 9Ac Butter ia steady at
at 20 @ 32c for Western; 80 "a i3c for State. Cheese
unchanged at q 144c for common to prime. Naval
Stores-Spirits Turpentine is weak at 42c, Rosn is
weak at 2 80 a 2 IS for strained
Freignts to Liverpool quiet; Cotton per steam at
CHICAGO. Dec. 90-Flour is quiet and unchanged !:
extra Spring 525 q 70. Wheat was dull, unsettled
active AMI frmer; No Spring sold at Is a. 13l |:
sller December 14k seller January; at 1 1T seller
Eebi No Spring at 0S; rejected 1 90. Corn-the
market openetl dull and closed active and firm No
Mixed on spot at AZ q SOC for new rejected As % ASA
ID do 50s. Oats in fair demand and firm; No at
quiet; No at 70 q 76c. Barley is s'eady; No Fall
at ! 81; No Spring at OF g Oh Provis ns-Pork
ciS mess IL W; options irregular AMI unsettled sold
at IA 30 seller Feb, and closet at IA 62l seller March
IA %. Lard in fair demand and lower at 25 cash
80 for seller Jan 81 SO Ter Feb and so a s71 for
seller March. Bulk Meats are steady sales Of rarity
cured shoulders at q SIC. Green Meats-shoui-
ders at Al q &C. latter CT pounds average; short rib
middles 81 "a &c. Hams at "a a 81 for is to rs lbs
av. Dressed Hogs active and higher; sales at 90
g %. Whiskey quiet; Western at 96c.
Receipts-12 ,00U ubls hour, 1856 uO0 bush wheat o
COG bush corn. 10000 hush oats, 5000 bush rye H.
900 bush barley,
Shipments -i2 900 obls onr, 1o5, 600 bush wheat, o.
9oo bush corn, LOCO brsh oats 600 bush rye 900
bush barley.
Iol edo. Dec. 20.-Flour is steady Wheat shade
lower bnt closing tirm No White Wabash 50: M
do 493; Amber Michigan at 47A "a AZ; seller
January 49f seller Feb 81 "a 1 5i5 No Q Red at
l a. Corn steady; high Mixed cash Sc; seller Dec
5s3c; seller january 81 q 5sa; seller Feb 59l; seller
March at Gle; new seller Jan SGT; low Mixed 56 a
664". Oats are in fair demand and rm at "A for No
@5sO. -
Recepts-2,O0o bbs -FOUR il, 900 bush wheat, 12 900
bush corn, 5000 bash oats,
ShipmeDts-000O bbls hour, 1000 bush wheat. 5000
lush corn, 5000 hush oats.
MILwAUKEE, Dec. 2O.-Flour qniet and unchanged.
wheat IN fair demand and firm; No at IL; No at
Il; seller Jan Ia; seller Feb ia. Oats dull
and lower at Sss for No q Corn duh and nominal
at 63c for No2 Mixed. Rye unchanged and ouiet !:
No at TIC Barley dull and lower at So for No 3
spring Provisions steady-Mess Pork nominally at
IA 80 cash. Hams in pickle fra at "a 9Ac DRY
salted meats-shouders at sic for loose boxed mid
dies firm at 81 q &c. Lard firm; kettle sac; steam
8sc. Hogs at 400 IS.
hogs. "''''' -'O'
Shipments 5000 bbls -four $4,000 bush wheat.