The Portland daily press., 1874-05-14

apples are getting scarce, and command full
prices from S6 90 to So 90. Dried apples are in fail
ueinand and prices are firm Butter of prime table
quality is not very plenty and prices are firm at 3sd
1oc Tor old and new inferior qualities sell at 250sOc
Deans are steady, and no change in prices. Cheese
10 httie higher for prime factory. which we opote
:. '0@i'c. Coal is steady. Cofee is lower and
| - 80 oh Ior Rio and Java Copper q steady
| 10 LII good demand and prices are without
oooperage is in very light stock and there
' "ny'nihg dong. Dry goods are in large
'ne sales are large; prices for all STAN
dard cotton goods are quite firm az the poods
ho' De repaceu III the market at the present price
OF the raw material. Duck is firm ami steady with
a large demand The Portland Mfg. Co. dispose OF
their products about fast they can be tur al
out. Drugs and dyes are without a single change.
Fish are in better demand for the country trade !;
large shore cod little lower, and 50 are scaled
and No. 1 herrings. The new catch will soon be
along. Flour is steady and unchanged, with little
better demand, especially for family grades. Fruit
Is without change. Grain is very firm; corn is in
light stock, and nothing of good quality can be
bought at les than 95c; oats higher and sell
ing at 7o975c-the latter for seed oats Hay is firm
at S17d1s, with better demand. Iron is steady
and without change. Lard is higher and we quote
tierees at I1a912c. Leather is quiet without any
ehange in prices. Lime is steady at 81 20 for Rock
iand. Lumber is firm, with fair demand both for
export and domestic purposes. Moasses is very firm
anu steady, with good supply and an equally good
demand. Nails are steady at S4 25 per cask Naval
stores are quiet, with slight reduction on turpen-
tlne- Oils are without change. Paints are steady
and unchanged. Plaster is quiet at SO 25a3 80 per
ton for blue and white. Produce is more active:
eggs are selling at 6@sc in lots and retailing at 2Oc;
potatoes are selling at S5995c for jackson Whites;
onions are out of the market, except new Bermu-
Gas, which are selling at So so per crate Provisions
are very firm and steady and the recent advance on
pork is sustained Salt is very steady with good
demand tor fishing pur poses Seeds are active, and
the demand is good as prices low here they
are IN Boston. Sugars have been higher during the
werk. but prices have settled down to those of last
week-viz: 1Otc for granulated and 9s9lOc for the
different grades of coffee crushed of the Forest City
Refinery. Eagle sugars are without change. Teas
are quiet and uncn anged Tins are rather frmer
than they have been. Wool Is quiet with limited
demand'from manufacturers, but no improvement
in prices.
FRElGHTS.-There is nothing at all doing in for
eign freights-no out and back charters to Cuba.
few outward cargoes offered but the rates so
low that owners and masters decline taking them,
preferrng their vessels should remain in dock, or
take coastwise freight. Brig Fannie b. Tucker
was takeL to load lumber at St. John, n. b., for
Matanzas at IS U. S. gold new ship Susan Gilmore
of Newburyport to load deals here for Liverpool at
sos per standard CoasI wise reights unchanged.
Lumber to New York and Sound ports So so; Ice
from the Kennebec to Philadelphia 81 12i9i 25.
Receipts by Railroads and sieambea
GRAND TRUNK RAILROADS cars sundries, do
shocks, do bark, 4S do LUMBER, do slabs do iron,
do corn, do -four do for Boston, do for Ealax,