, 1874-01-08

1874. I 1878.

1MioW. bs........ 3l.910( tV+95vftt 1oVuuI UIs5A
prssssd hogs ao.. i,s:s iSSss i'ssss III;
dt;s,s diye hgss W No. 23ss, os1I9S 3Ss 1,ess ,ss
Sasss: -: Isl 7sss 'i;! iss
Wool, lbs 26,72t do720f| 292 a. ...-.-
$Sss 5S;sS;s: 2s s' $
s!s' 5s!! ss!s z00S ~! ss
Withdrawn from atoro On yesterday for city con-
sumption. ,o89 bu whoat; $40 bu ryo; 2.2l3 bu
barley.
The following gratu haa boon inspected into
atoro this morning, up to 10 o'clock: 2ot cars
whoat, GO cara corn, 10 cars oats, cars rye. q
cara barley, Total, a12 cars, or LII, GOO bu.
Tho Jonesboro lUnion County, Ill.) Gazette
publishes statiatics saowing tho shipments Of
produce during the payt soaaou from Coh.len,
Anna, aud Dongo1a, tlreo stations iu Uniou
County, from Which 1t appears that from Cob
don station alono thoro were shipped 2G70 bu
strawberrios, 10,as0 bu appes, 2,5G4 bit pears,
576 bu blackoerries aud raypborrios. 404 bu ohor-
rios, and 1874 bu tomatoes. --making total OF
~ ,422 bu, Which tho Gazette thinks il pretty
| goo 1 showing 1sg an ''oii " year.
It III considered probable that the State OF
1osa wall peforo long DO permanently repro
scented iu tuis city by all ollacor w1loeo duty it
will 10 to look after tho iulorests of the grnn-
| owuers Ut that Stato II the question oi pull
tics eau Do kept out Of tho natlur tile pan may
be fouud 70 bo productive Of considerable good
] all around.
| A good deal Of surprise was Expressed OIL
) 'ChauBe to-day ut the fuct tlat tho culuuuply
worlol ropols Of tho Boald Ut Nailtoud and
| Warehouse Commissioners huso omitted ull rof-
| ereuco to the right Ut q Eluin~0wuer 10 receive
as much grain us Ao dolsels to the carrier. Be-
tween the RAILROADS. aua tho "na ehonbes there is
| often very heavy slor.uGc, Ana tho owner Of
tne 8raia hnds 1t linposssolo to ultatn his
rights % Whe:hsf BY iealsy cars, or by
| by now losos q eonssde,abls proportion Of his
! Property, whlcl Ae ought hot to luBe; aud ho
snuuld Ds plotecsed il the Stato Cu1ulnlsaiou IL
aiysnlng better than tarco Az it il now, 4o
IL ground be1weeu tie upper aud tho mother MILL
htune, aud the 1nillnr LOOKS uu, doing nothing.
| Thu leating prbducu marto1s were ruther 1883
active to-day, with o slightly easier feeling in
graln. Thu shipping movement continues free,
| aud tho rcceip1s are steady III voiumo Tho rrlil.
cipni reason Tor acerea6ud 4ctlvity wls the fact
that y severe storn ~ tho Eass prevented tho
| reception of telegraphlo advlces from Liverpool
| anu hew Yolk. In tue aosenee Ut these there
was lcsH disposition to trade OIL ol.her Blio; os-
petia.ly as the storm ulhu Mltorfercu with tpip-
! glabhlc correspondence Getweou operuLors lere
auu Laslern deaiers.
Tue Ienuiag feature IN our produce markets. IL
an lncrcusea dluiculty III borro w1ug nlouey viii
Which ~ GARY gram and provisions. Aud the
reasu,a Cor Tits ie relaurliauie. There il plenty
Of moneY around, but uluny Ut the owners pre-
Ter to uso it themselves in Bpecuiatng or III car
rylng for otlers. Hence q tendency to weak
ness to-day, III aone parties, WHO hlye hitherto
found no astleulty III borrowing giain Oh col
latoral, were obliged TO ssll 1t wLou compara~
tlysly tow wanted 10 buy.
Theto was trilo moro doing In the dry
goods market, local orders III well ua orders
IRON interior merchants calling for slightly ill.,
cleased distribution Of staple and tancy goods,
but tlofo was no SPECIAL uctiv4ty in any
department. pricea TOR staple nnd Bea-
aouab!e fubrics continue exceedingly firm.
and, In Bome lines, there IL still
au upward tendency. Groceries mot with III ac-
tive demand for the aeason, aud wore, without
Til exception, asnsly hela. Mocha and Rio
colecs woro subjected to further advaucu,
which were the only Quotubie chnngos notpd, but
thero was very strung feeling III suyury. b:rups,
nlolasses, tcas, and some otllor lines, which bila
in!f to culminAtc III an carly advance. lu tile
dried fruit malket there WIS fair activity aud
the lately ADVANCED quotations were thuronEh,y
Sustained. Apples, pcarhcB, blaokberrles, and,
III Tact. al domestic yar!etiea scarce, Ald it
~ CLAIMED, must further appreciate in value
Somo lines OF imported fruits arc also in acant
supply and aro tenuing higher. Fish are ceiling
moro freely than during Inst month, anu ato
working timer III consequence. 1u the cheese
ana butter marietta no new tentureB were doyoi-
oped, llbbral amount Of sales being ACCOM-
plis4od at full previous quotatlong. Leather,
paints, pig-iron. and wo0d were unchanged, The
oil trade waH quiet ut tue quotations.
Tue demand for building materials mud lum1-
1er continues of limited cnaractor, and the
former markot ia iittio bettor than nominal.
while lumber is held steadlly by most dealers,
though occasionally conceBstpns aro made. TIa
Improvement III tte iron trndo continues. with
tAq market tifm. mud advancing elsewhere.
Na1Is wore little eaaier, Discount OF l21Ic he.
ing made Tor 1U0 keg lots, but at the saulo tine
tue upward tendency Of iron eoryea to impart u
tirnness to tho markot. Tinncra' goods and
metals woro quot though moro active thau usu-
81 at thus time, and trm. Salt waY rather
quiet. Wool and broom-corn remain quiet md
1lrm Ihe hop and lpy markets were again re-
ported dull aud weak seeds wers more actiyo,
mud timothy was In moderate supply a,ld yory
tita, choice selling at aJ.l0. Clover was moro
actiyo at fuktler decline. Hungarian was a
ahade oaaloE, whilo ilax aud other seeds wero ur-
changed. Ibe poultry aud game markets aro
Htill voly dull aud weak.
hhAwlncB wore quot and 10 higher, tho mar
ket Ut to-day feeling tho OBJECT Of tho New York
advance OF Yesterday to $1,000, which waa Baa
to have beea due to light recoipta for tow dayu
past. saleH woro reported luro Of 160 btls at V5c
per gallon.
Dressed hogs were in smalor supply to-day.
and averaged l0c per lO0 lin higher, iu couHo.
1uGnes: f nn; III There Wss goo4 shipping demand
Tug to touch any under 200 lis. For tloaS they
bid s6:t0 ana paid little uoro for choice lots.
Light hogs sold to loca! cutters at &G.25eaG,35,
uhe IL nafkes elosod firm. sales we're roposled u
" hoad ut $3.50; 376 at $y.t0; g5 at SG.I0 445
at sG3s Ao7 at sG.z5; lo6 dividing on 2UU lbs. Ut
sG;2o9a0;ao. Total, l,5l2 heaa.
iFossslona wore moderately active, and IT.
regular. The principal busnosa couo wua iu
otlons ! for the future delivery Of pork and lurd
Cash product was rather slow, except on greon
hManls, M which woro III goal desnaud tor curing.
Tic aupp!y Of logs was fur, but tho qua!ity wan
poor, ana siows J. decided failing or. which ia
geheiaiiY aocoptea III proor not only thnt tue
winter paehlng is nearly over, but that tho sup.
ply OF summer hogs Will bu muph leAa tllau
usual. 1o'1ce good speculative demand for
roduct, Including fur iutlulry for ,neata from
! parties who uaaaliy buy tutor in TIC SEASON.
Ness polk was ,yar!ablo, AMI oluAea ubout lOu
per lrl lower tLan yoslcrIay. Lard wus Ito
most aotlye att!clo, aud fully l0o pur loo ItB
higher, While meats wore stlol'g and generally
lelI ~ higher for city lo.s, though titera
were soine oountry lots ofrsrad whicl1 nligut
hive boon hal at formsr ayurus. Tho ,narxot
clio. cd at the following, range Of prices Moss
pork. cash Of seller January, $14.G5@l4,iU
| tu HalGr February, $l5,lkIG1h 1h ua Aeitnr