Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-24

wonI ne cornmDn unwasned -. o Is 81
Washed ..........-..... 4U q AZ
Mtrino unwashe led. ....s.... 8 81
Neripo' washed .... . 40 a 0 ~
HAY per ton, from the Cars. IL W ~ w
YEaARKs-The market for Flour.is dull re-
ceipts for the week light with fair stock
There is moderate local demand for choice
extras ut S7.75a8 90, latter for well known
brands; no shipments during the week are re-
ported Wheat opened active and the demand
continued good through the week at an advance
on the higher grades Of 5a6e.; the market at Its
close is firm and prices are stiff; offerings to-day
Of 1853 bushels with sale, of prime lot white
At lt5 and red at l52, l60 and l63 for good to
ptime. and l6S for choice Corn has bsen in
fair receipt with good demand; the market
during the week was unsettled b 1T at its close
prices are steader; offerings to-day of o696
bushels, " tn sales Of mixed at 10, II, and Is
Good Rye is in demand at 95 Oats are active
and firm; offerings to day $40 bushels with
sales ut d, 48, and 40 Potatoes are dull, re-
eepls sre large and prices are dropping. Bacon
very active 1T decline. Plss ter and salt
sire unchanged. -l.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET. October "a
The offerings of stock this week were very heavy,
with decline of fully to &c on all KINDS OF
stock We quote Cattle at from TO &C.; oheeP
4 to 5!c Lambs 2 to 81; Hogs ct to 6tc, ana
Cows aud Calves 70 to $50. Market dull and
declining.
BALTIMORE CATTLE, MARKET. October %
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged as FOL
lows: Best Beeves at UOaS6 II; general
~ rated first quality at OOaS5 90; medium
to good fair quality at 25aS4 w; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at 5OaS3 %; inferior
and lowest grades of Cattle U UOa$o OO-generai
average of the market to-day u 81 extreme
range of prices 2 5OaS6 Y. Most OF the sales
were from 90 to ) o. per 100 lbs. To-
tai receipts for the week 1868 head. Total sales
for the week 1856 head. There was no activity
in the market this week. from the opening to
the close of operations. Prices were FULLY &c per
ID lower than last week
Sheep ard Lambs-The market generally has
been dull this week. but few top Sheep arriving.
The receipts were in excess Of last week, and the
quality not so good quotations OF sales, when
lave been rather slow, are &c lower than last
seek. the only activity displayed at all being
imlhe best grades We quote ut 4.53c, though
extra heavy fat Sheep would readily command
j;a6c per ID gross, but there are none ch among
tae arrivals. Stock Sheep 2aS3 5O head. Lambs
M2.S3 50 per head The market closed with
downward tendency. Receipts this week 1896
head. .. .........
Hogs-The number left over last week. in ad-
ton to the full receipts this week, have caused
adecline in the mar ket Of fully &c. and at our
top quotations now there are very few sales, and
those of The best grades. The mar ket, 1t is ex-
c,ed, will even 90 lower If there is q continu-
snce OF ike run for the coming week, as there
would be suff, lent demand from the usual
source, and packers, if they were TO operate,
would do so only at further concession We
quote ut s 50aS6 SO per 100 lbs net. Receipts
this week 1888 head.
GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET, October % =
There were 100 Cattle, 1900 Sheep and Lambs
and 20 Cows and Calves offered to-day. Cattle
sold at p to sic; Sleep to &c; Lambs 25O to
81 ~, and Cows and Calves 20 to $50. Market
very dull with downward tendency in prices
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET, Oct 2s.--Cattle
market-Csttle are dull receipts $500; shippers
90; lot of extra, averaging l475 lbs, at 50;
stockers S5aS4 l23; Texas Steers and Cows at
2SaS3 developments 1UO0. Live Hogs-re-
ceipts 1900; market steady heavy grades more
active at 3 9NaS4 20; light quiet at 8sS4 40
shipments 1900.
LrSCHBURG MARKET. Oct 3.-Market dull
and quiet. Receipts OF Flour and Grain light
For Flour there is some home demand. Wheat
IN hight receipt and only moderate demand.
Corn IN demand, but the market is bare. Oats
scarce and wanted
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET. Oct 23-Market
quiet, and receipts Of Grain light, with = good
demand for Wheat for milling purposes, and
quotations are shade higher; fair to choice
Thlte and red l60sl75. Corn 60s65 for new.
ost SSa40. Rye 65a70 - I"
RICHMOND MARKET, oct. 2S.-Offerings of
aOout 1000 bushels Wheat, with sales of white
au req ut loOai 10 for fair to choice. Very light
ousrings of Corn, with sales of white at 80 and
yellow at 10 Nothing doing in Rye and Oats.
A NJ Z D o S I E: 4 S
haa ~ new apparatus for steaming oysters has just
;H erected at the Restaurant on st. Asaph st.,
,TIst,tnlhg the railroad depot, and those fond OF
hf.a' oeSt of all ways OF eating oysters can now
,,cs supplied at all hours and 1T the shortest no
Bsr ~ oysters furnished in all styles, snd at the