, 1874-02-04

4uU t1Tl6 6EfII1H tALTnb nt subU 4Uu DflH 10 Oh
private terms 10 brla rye ut s1.t;0; 60 brls do
ut 84.50; 30 brls do at :l.37l%. Total, 750 brls.
Also, 25 tons bran ut 517.U0 on truck 30 tons
corn meal Ut 5000, OIL track. Tic following
were tho prices askca ut tho ciose:
Fair to good wl1itu wintcrs...., ....$ GEO q 7n0
CAo1ce 10. 7s75 q 91l
ittu W1utcEs. u.lN u it5
Choice spring extras. ................ G.D) q 6EG
Medium to t3UOu do O................ 6.5U % GU1
Good to eholco minnesota. a.t'o q f75
ra,r 10 cleice spring, s,ierilno..... tx q Id
common TO-. o...............-........-. 3.0J G5 40o
lsSe Mour a.lU G5 4H
7na,s !n.ek%ht4t ..'..''........... G'6o 9 ~
lf1il. l1.oo G5ltau
Wheat WIS strong md active though rather
less 20 thun yestordny, ut nn average advance Of
1@1iilc por bl,. Liverpool WAS quoted somo-
what iir1nor, and this probably brought out
orders from olhor points. Alilwaulloo operators
wero largo buyers carly, throc commission
firms being instructed to tnko all they could got
at not moro than 27o for March, autl their COM
petition aoon nm up tho market to tho limit,
nfter which 1t saggcd. us buyers hold or whon q
lied thoir rows, and Tho inquiry was resumed,
continuing fatr through tho remainder OF tho
session. Now York waa reported tirnicr towards
noon, and thoro was bcttor nLipping demand
fccling in ocean frcigl1ta. 1Iereo tho reported
considerable addition to ollr stock in Btoro dur
ing tho past woek, and tho liberal receipts to-
day. mado little difference, nul tliore was not
wheat Bold for delivery, this month l,nd been
placed previously. Sollor Alarcl, sold before 10
o'clock at S1.25sl, but the first sale on 'Chango
was at s1.2G}5: Tho markot quickly rose to
sl.s7}4, then 1luctuatod several tmoH botyccn
:1.2G>s. cnHl, No. spring, Or acllor
Closing eu NG' 1t al2s%, ' with IL @ siigIf . prsiSr,
oltco for chr lots Of frosh rcccipts. soller May
vas offered % At sl55. M No; ssprinS was in Iotter
at S1.1G15 aud rejected do Mt 31.10, except for
receipts III tito Nock Island Elevator. CASH Balcs
we've reported OF 200 bu No. spring Mt 1.a5tl;
1foe o1 i do DO qt a1e5'; 1Goo b. bu ;, de it
1T SLIT; u 600 do at s. 1255S 2SooS bu " do at at
3l.23S4 2,000 bu No. ) spring ut SLIT; 1000
bu 10 ut s1.1G11 500 bu do ut 81 .1G 3,aOD bu
rejected spring ut 9l.10; 100 bu 10 ut 3l09
Total, 191, 600 bu. s..
Corn was in moro activo tlomanil, and avcragod
Ac higher. Liverpool WAS genoraity understood
to be weak though some 1'riyato atlyicoH woro
saia a!H' to quote it ilrmor: Now Yor was quiet,
were light while tho February deliveries wero
mostly cleared out OF tho way yesterday. The
don1and was not very lnrgo, but offerings wcro
relatively small; heneo III. improvement in tho
Of outside orders Of, tho market to buy, but
chiefly for next month, the options Tor which con-
stitutod tho bulk OF tho trading. Tho May option
was relatively tame. so'lers being moro nunlor-
oua than buyers, aellor March opcnod ut d9I]c,
rose to $685. tioh ruled Btoaly between 59SS@
5o1hc, cloaint; Mt 59s4c. soller May sold at G51a
@G5]5c, closing ut 65s5c. Seller tho naontl,, or
cash Nc: g, sold ut 5s1ae15S9ic, closing ut 5sI5@
5sSac.. Rejected closed at 5l1ac for old, mud
2D0 bu No. old ut 5S21c; 600 bll do ut 5s5c;
q, GOO bu do at 5B1lc: Il, ,260 bu do ut 5sgsc;
1,Gu0 bu DO NOW ut 6ij5c; 500 bn do ut 81 ~ !;
l,G00 bu do vt 6io; SUI bM do ut 53flo; 4o0bu 10
5io; 5000 bu do now ut 49l5c. Total! 75, SGD bu.
Oats wore quiet, md firm ut 4 shade ahoye tho
outside prices Of yesterday. THO rocoipts were
small, unl outs wcro hold higher in Now York,
prices, but buyers woro backward i'll taking hold.
Seller tho month, or casl NJ. q sold Ut l3GD
i31Sc, closing quiet ut A3c. Seller AIarcl. waa
steady Ut die. aild seller April ut l5c. sollor
ported Of 5,loo bu No: nt 4s1ze i, 200 bu do
at a3o l,2oo bu rejected at 4le. Total, l7,Su0
bu.
lsyo was quiet and steady at tho quotations
Of wook paat with nut lnl1ch offered or wantol,
Nogusnr No. WIS Htcady ut Soc, nnd lrosl4 TO-
tho outside boing paid for receipts III housca
near the dlAtilleries. Cash anlcH wcro reported
Of SOU hu No. 2 ut go 500 bu do ut 81 ~; 400
bu do at Sic. Total, 2oU0 bu.
nalIty WGd uullt WILL lIltl0 Cnnnhc. Inc mar
kot OIL rcjcutcd il really tho only ono tlut cnm 10
quoted lnderstandingly, Mt s'l5u@l.55, Accord
i!g to location and dato OF receipts. Tho
othor grades have boon iii good demand,
hut Guon to bo buoyed up now by
bids for car-loB of fresh receipts in houses
wlloro tho Article iB scarce. No. ! sold at Sl.85
0t.30, and Was quoted at $2.UD in tho North
wcstorn. No. . aosa ut s1.GliGD1.7D cusl,, s;1,G7
seller irst hnlf Of February, aud ;5l.u buyer tho
month willie sollor MArcil WIS dull nj :170
rnn nj |,ytN Mr.
2nt 91.W a., D. Il Coz 1900 bu do at SlS5
2,luo bn NJ. at $40; 4,Ioo bu do Ut 81 90
400 ,,n do ut 5l.6s; 200 lu do ut 5lG7 500 b,l
do At u: :GG 400 bu 10 ut 81 .G5; 500 bu rejected
Mt $l.55 400 1ll DO nt sl.53; 400 hi do ut
$l.53; 2,00o hu do ut sl.6l 1,GUO. bu do ut
sl.50; 100 bn BY ealnplo at 'sl.yO 100 BIZ DO TIT
S1.B5; bU0 bl1 do Mt 'sl.8O 40U bn do Mt 1G5,
ol track; 800 bu do ut s1.Gu, delivered. Total,
u, 900 bu.
The following nro tho footings Of tho oii1cinl
report Of grain III atoro in tlis city OIL the oyc,,-
ipg Of Saturday laat; and ut corresponding
latos: