Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-01-17

advanced ID cents ana closes HrIn
ut 81 30 for hard and s. 10 for yellow
dip and virgin. The receipts during
the better portion of the week We're
very small and have been hardly suffi-
Client to meet the wants of distillers.
The following table contains the re-
cripts and sales for the week :
Bhls. Hard. Dip. Virgin.
Friday 255 81 m 80 80
Saturday. 20 800 so so
Monday ll9 } 90 4 80 80
Tuesday. Do 'market price,
Wednesday POI 3 90 ; 10 ) 10
Do. 80 % 30 30
Thursday. lsl ; 90 J 10 ) 10
LINIE-The stock of lime is fair
and with good demand, we quote rs
selling from store at 81 5OMl 50 r
cask.
WOOD-The stock of wood is large.
but prices are well up. Oak and ash
are in fair supply. hut pine is very
scarce and wanted. Sells from flats
the following quotations
Pine ................ 81 oJ0h3 81
Swamp Ash .. 0N
Spit Ash .....-.-.,....... ! oV0n4 =,
Oak 250h5 90
Blackja k.... 4 7j0nJ 90
FREIGHTS.-The market Is very
high and suitable tonnage of all de
scriptiOns is scarce. There Is good
as foreign shipping from the naval
store and lumber dealers. The arrivals
of vessels are slow and the shipping in
port has all been taken mp. and the
market may be written very firm. The.
rates by steamships I" New York. BAL
timorr and Philadelphia have expert
cnccd II" visible change. Foreign
shipping is dome principally under
charter. and no established rates are
fixed. We refer to our table below Tor
last rates paid
POULTRY. The market is in good
supply of all kinds of fowls. Chickens
sell at 75MSn cents r pair for grown
fowls and J00n60 cents for Young.
Ducks bring S1W$l - r pair. Tur-
keys are coming III Very slowly and
at 81 2JQnS2, IA per quality
CATTLE.-There is only Il mu,lcr-
ately fair demand for live stock exist
ing in the cattle market at present,
l.,
cipallv to such as will meet their i'm
mediate necessities. \ good drove of
beeves will bring 6. a cents p n. OH
the hoof. Sheep are brought in very
sparingly. For these there is only Il
light demand and butchers pay from
81 TO 50, as r quality.
HAY-During the past week no bulk
transactions have occurred in the mar
ket. The receipts were quite small
and the stock in market shows light
, reduction. We quote as selling from
/ wharf and store as follows
Wharf. Store
Penn. Timothy, 81 20 81 - a, l 81
New York, .. 20 10 90 l 50
Eastern .... ] so "a l 80
SALT.-The market is in good
stock of American. and Liverpool.
There exists fair demand and dealers
are selling from store at 81 50 r sack.
CORN MEAL-This article has I'M
dergone no apparent change of quota
ton. The usual demands exist and
we notice that the city mills are busily
supplying the trade at 9O@95 cents
from store p hushel. sacks included.
RARRELS-The market for barrels
has experienced no visible changes OF
quotations for some time past. The
receipts are very light. but the de-
mand is limited and the stock in
market is sufficiently large to meet the
wants OF purchasers. Sells as follows:
Second hand country as they run. 81
New York second hand. 81 7O0S2 -.
and 81 for new:
PRONISIONS-In P4uri&i,,,< there
has hccm some little movement. and
We notice q little Improvement i'll the
general tone of the market, more dis
position being manifested ny the trade
+" purchase. There is, however, no
very decided change, but a more cheer
ful feeling pcrvadcs the market. The
stock of all qualities ut meats are am
ply large to meet the demands. North
were some small arrivals early in the
week. but the rccci pts Were not OF suffi
cient SIZE tu make Il market. aud ON
quotations are still numinal, We quote
y. c. bacon as follows 10. q cents
for shoulders, l304 Il ccuts for sides
I30n l3l cents for hog rnmd. l7Ct2'
cents for hams. We quote Weston
xuirk,d meat as follows I! cents fol
shoulders, ?IQnI01 cents for sides, i
th2O cents tor hams. H,u suffrN is il
good stock and sells as follows 60n6,
sides. ---LARD.- North Caroline
Lard is scarce and wanted. Sells ut J.:
Ml2! cents r. III. Northern steam re-
fined, in buckets and tubs, sells at To-
cell. cents r. lh.
TIMBER article continues t,
he very SCARCE and wanted. and thu
market remains very high, Two rats
nf prime mill have arrived. which sold
readily at SIG. Several lots by raj
have also been placed on market anG
meet sale at ST. 10 for II superior
article. Rats of good qualities woult
meet with ready sale. The city mills
have purchased at the following rates
+. NJ. feet
Extra Prime Mill Timber
per kAltrOtt ~" "'NA - y
Prime Mill per railroad. ........Sl5 GO(0l6 "