, 1874-05-14

Salt, brls...........i 1osll 1,167l 1850
Withdrawn from Btoro yoatortlay for city
consumption: 6,750 bu corn; LOGO bu oata;
1000 bu ryo.
The following grain has boen inRpcotcd into
storo this morning up to 10 o'clock: 11D cara
wlont; n cara corn 5000 bu No. do, and
| 1000 bu rejected 10, by canal; Il cars oats l
| Cur hurley. Total (a14 cars), 020O0 bu. In
spcctoa out: g., al bu wheat; 177,2B5 bu corn;
III, o51 bu oats COG bu rye 1881 bu barley.
Several, toleeran,s from country points we're
received on 'chango to-day, reporting tho con-
| dition OF tho woathor, and tho crop prospects,,
The following nro fur nvorage aamploB:
From Fairbury, Livingaton County: strain
has done grcat good. Weather agnin beautiful.
Farmers bnay."
From Lincoln, Logan County. train tbs
morning, and bright this afternoon. holping
tho grain ahead rapidly. Farmers two-thirls
aono planting"
THO leading produce markets woro active to-
day, but weak. Tho easier fooling wna conso-
ises very well for tho crops In! gran loadiug tho
majority of operators to anticipate yiola Of NIL
| the PRINCIPAL coreals equal to that Of my year
within tho past ttocndo. OF course tho snfno ill.,
| 1luonco Ororntcd to deproBa othor markets, both
homo and foreign, so Tint the duotntious Of lower
pr1ces from other points wore only conoomitant
| osfocte, not CAUSES. Tho firmor feeling in lalto
| PROVISIONS to /, small oxtent. but tho nrnoinnl
clement was tic almost certainty that tketo Wiii
DO libora supplies from tho crops OF 1874. with
no fear Of scarcity before thoy arc ready for tho
harvest This tortainly makea holders moro
| to kopt back to meet tho conti,,loncIes Of wot
weasher and bad lnrvests, Mt once increasing tho
| suppltos on the market md losaening tho Do
mand;; 49,,
loss 10 few speculative operators on tic long
pde. viii add immensely to tho wealti Of 's thss
Northwest, mud probably remove the laHt yostige
Of tho pnnio from our midst, by putting Eli
| ont lie nnnrr;os Of tf1a noonle to move fla
prooerty. and fhair tnatos in send,ne ti,o ,nonov
for which they soil that property. and thus bon.
cit alike tic city and country.
Dry goods wero in active local and intarior de,
| mani at standby mnntaiuod nrices. TI,n urnoorv
market was without new foatures' excont thnt
sugars we're less firmly l,eld. sliFbt dgolina nj
ths East having weakened tho vinTs ~ hntiora. w.
Goileeg continno ensy. Siruns. nn1aasca o' rico
tnas anti most othdr linra snro atnadv anh ar1,,,
ns nrroyionsiv nnoted. T,,"rn wns mir iuonru
for nboleo new bnttor tn mcat the c,rrant Wants.
of 1ocai cons,,n,ers Int for Inv nnS medimm
| 1rn1ea thoro was f,n1v 1tmitad Temand pricas
waro wnnls with n dcclin,nr ionlonnv T;ala tyera
| nnolnI nnct nnd stendv enr;od fr,;to hnth d.
| mcstic and furoicn. Wora aetiyo and strbnr. M
quotabe changes were noted in baseing, leather,
Nk
stealier nr;ccs. Wood continnoa % dn,, and INV ~
Settled. ~~'''''~''~9 N>>N~
| Lumber afloat was active md firm somo f1o,
scrintlons scljinc at n nlirht a1ynncn trI,o nf.
fcrines wore larger and better assorted. At tho
ynr;]s q light businese was transaotsd at mi
formly STEADY prices. Ruiljinr nhntarials wn,a
| ouiet. owing morn to the scarcity NJ conmon
! brck thon 10 anythinr aIse, IL ,s saids Nav
brick arc already On tic market. but
| not yot in auficiont quantity to ca,,sa
perceptib)e inproycmont In tia
demand. Io,liayi}lo cemnnf Ina ni]voncnd
2i)o por brl. Iron. metals md naval storos woro
! uucbnnred. AIotaIs and hardware wern m onlv
fair roG,1ent. but steady: md aomo st.nlo roo1i'
among them tin-pate. aro firm, trbn demand
for pnlt wps fairly active at 81. so for fno. mud
81. .9t}6D2,OO for coarse. Thoro woro uoyoral or.
dorB on tho market for bay. which dealera in
many instances woro unable to iii, owing to tho be,
lipht offerings md, in conseouonco. tic fool
| :rg for all good grades was ono Of .tirtnnegs.
Dsoo1n-corn roulans quiet also wool and hons.
Seeds met Will, naetlarate order demand al the
p1iccs previously quoted. The hide market wus
1uiot, aud Dot particularly firm, Largo sprinc
chickens wero salablo. but vory small onos
aud old stock of chickens, turkeys, or other
poultry, wore very dull.
| Higbwinoa were moro active and firm. The
feeling was slightly easier about the middle OF
| tho session, but strengthened when Now York
| was quoted higher at &c., Sales woro rcportcd
Of $50 brs at 05c per gallon and 100 brls. sup-
| posed to be oountry gools~a at 95c, The marriott