The Portland daily press., 1874-07-02

Western Cattle, 1866; Eastern Cattle; Working
Oxen and Northern Cattle and Mich Cows 125. Cat
Prices of Beef Cattle, " cwt, live weight Extra
quality 81 20 q 81; first quality Sc rs q 12k;
ond quality Sc 12l q 6 52a: third quality SIS 90 a
co. poorest grades of coarse oxen, bulls &c. So 90
@450
Brighton Hides q cents y ib Brighton Tai
low 5 a SIC ~ H.
Country Hides q Tic p fb. Country Tallow q
41c fb.
each. Lamb Skins DOC each. Sheared Sheep Skins
Soc each.
There has not been so large supply of Cattle in
market mi this week as there was one week ago, and
the quality upon average has not been of so good
grade. Gpon the common grades prices have fall
en- OIL from to 4c y ID from our last quotations.
few of the extra Cattle sold for more than
highest quotations. but the larger portion of extra
sold at a 71c y ID.
Working Oxen-Not much call for them. few
pairs each week during the hot weather is all the
market requires. We have not noticed any sales.
store Cattie-B1t few in market. There is not
much doing in the Store trade until later in the
North and East.
Mich Cows-Extra s55 q 90; ordinary s25 q 20 %
head Most of the Cows in market for sale are of an
ordinary grade; but few extra or fancy breeds
among them.
Sheep and Lambs-From the West the supply for
the week has been larger than that Of one week ago.
Western Sheep cost from a. &c y fb; Lambs from
s. q loo y fb, landed at Brighton; all owned by
s ~ Pigs wholesale, q 7tc; retail u q &c
W ID; Sprine Pigs 10 "a lie y ib. Fat Hogs, Ii 500
az marketj prices at % y o2c " 10.
New York Stock aud Money Market,
NEW YORK, July -Euensna-Money was EASY
at q per cent. on call. Sterling Exchange was
quiet and firm at 4S7s 4SS for sixty DAYS and 1904
a 1901 for demand. q Id opened at l1O5 declined to
ll09 and closed at l10s The rates for earring were
a ], and finally per cent; loans were also made
flat. The Assistant Treasurer paid out s5Sl2 900 in
gold on account OF interest public debt ana Si25-
900 in currency besides $4,000 in redemption of
bonds The custom receipts to-day were S25s. 0OO
Specie engagements for to-morrows steamers $780,
O00 Governments weak. State bonds dull. Stocks
were weak early in the day and declined to IL per
cent later they recovered but again fell off under
the lead of Erie. The market during the last hour
OF business was firm with general recovery in the
prices of to per cent, but just previous to the
close Erie suddenly declined from SO TO 81 the an
nouncement of the Atlantic & Great Western default
and commencement of another suit against the COM
pany by John Angel, whose charges are substan-
TALLY the same thai formed subject for comment for
months 2ast. This had depressing influence upon
the market, and there a sympathetic decline Of
a per cent in the general list. The Indianapolis
Bloomington Western Company also defaulted,
and the California Pacific failed pay the interest
on the extension bonds, although the interest was
promptly paid on other issues.
The total transactions Of the day were about 1885,
600 shares including $4,000 Lake Shore q 200 Erie
1880 Western Union 1900 Pacific Mail IL 200 I'm
ion Pacific, IL 300 Wabash, $500 st Paul common g.
200 Northwestern common $500 Rock Island 800 m
diana Central. 700 New York Central, 600 Ohio 81
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