Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-13

BACON, Hams, country......... ii "a
Western II . ~
Sides. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~ -
shoulders ..... s. Il
LARD Observation-Disclosures. lO1 a II
PLASTER, ground, per Lon... oO W.
Ground, in bags or barrels. Oh w
Ground, in bags, returned. oU w
Lump ............... -. ) IS 81 20
SALT, q. a (LiverpooD....... 80 5o
Fine Observation-Disclosures. 70 ~
WOO!. com mon unWaSGcQ =. 70 no
Washed . .. 0 IS 8 . 40
MerIO, unWaShed ......... Is 81
Merlno, washed ............... SO ~
REMARKS -TLere is nothing doing in Flour
receipts ara light, with bat little dem md; By
s,,es the shirment of 500 ibis Supcrs and Extras
to Northern ports, We hear Of no transactions;
market closes dull with prices unchanged.
There is y better feeling in the Wheat market,
and high grades are in active reque,t ut an ad-
vance of 273c since the opening of the week
market closes firm; offerings to-day light with
sales of strictly cho ce lot OF white At $780, and
r.d At 800 lG6 AID 10 for fair, good and prime
lots. Corn med very active and continued
brisk Trough the week, prices advancing fully
lUc, till towards the close, when prices weaken
ed, declining la2c on yesterday quotations; Of
crngs to. day of TIA bushels with sales OF white
1t 50 and mixed at IT, II and -. Rye is I'M
ch,nced Oats were very scarce ut the first Of
the week and prices were high but towards the
close liberal receipts caused u decline, market
bcirc quoted al its close at 53a5S. Prime Butter
is very scarce and in demand; prices are steady.
Egg. are dull, with over>tocked market and
p:ices are oil. The s;arcity Of Poultry has
causad an advance of 2s3c. Potatoes arc in lib
crnl tecep. at last weeks quotations. Dressed
Hogs are arriving freely; VIZ have no change to
note in prices. Bacon is quiet and unchanged.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, March II, 1874
Prices To-day for Beef Cattle ranged us fol-
lows: Best Beeves at lass 81; general
~ rated first quality ut OOaS6 IL; medium
IT, good fair quality at 0QaS5 10; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at OOaSO 70; interio.
AID lowest grades of Cattle D OOaSO OO-genera
average of the market to-day So 25; extreme
rsige Of prices 0usS6 81 Most of the sales
W, re from 475 to SIS IS per 100 lbs. 70
tai receipts for the week lli4 head, against lO1l
las, week, and 1875 head same time last year.
Total sales for the week 1896 head, against SGT
last week, and Is IS head same time last year
There was much more activity in the market
this week than tor several weeks past, nnd
prices in u large humble Of instances We're fully
&c higher than last week, and the animation pre-
val I'd throughout the whole progress OF the
market
Sh"ep-The market has been fully supplied
with stock this week, IN st OF wb en- has been of
comnloa order and sales OF such were SLOW
The lew good Shaap received were readily tsken
a. top prices about rs fast rs they arrived, the
supply being scarcely equal to the demand. We
quote a. 4ia7!c per 10 gross. Receipts this week
225S head
Hoks-The arrivals this week are almos. iden-
teal in numbers with the receipts of last week,
AMI tie demand at no time brisk, has kept pace
With the reccipta till now the market is nearly
bare of stock, and the next movement looked for
=, al hn
In prices. There has been a limited number OF
good fat Hogs, and these we're most active, while
The others were q ute slow. We quote at ia
S. s7A per lU0 lbs net Receipts 1925 head.
CnrcAoo CATTLE MARKET March IL Cattle
receipts 260J head fairly active and firm at
full Or 8; good to choice Steers Sass rs; extra
SIS 25; good to choice fee1ers 4 25sS4 65, ship
mcnts 100 had Live Hogs active and d. /;
receipts $500 head; choice grades higher; com
mon to ia 60 So b; good to choice . 40a
IS Isl extra 7Osr6 rs; shipments 6OU head
Sheep active; recei is 1900 head; fair to gooi
371aS6 choice to extra . oUsS1.
RICHMOND CATTLE MARKET March y Cat
tle-l45 head of com non to extra were offered,
which sod ut from 80 to Sc 81 per 100 lbs gross
Sheep sold It from 1 5DaS6 81 per 100 b, gr,ss;
Hogs ut lass per . lbs set, and Veals ut from
6aSI4 per head
RrcuMosD MARKET, March y II offerings
on Change 10 day were limited, amounting to
ouly about 100 bushels OF W!eat, 800 OF Cora
and ill6 OF Oats. Sales of Wheat lis for good
white and 800 Tor far red. Sales 81 prime W 1ite
and mi ved Corn ut 50. Sales of Oats at G3 ia
for good to prime.
LrscunURe MARKET, March 12.-Receipts
If Eio:tr arc fair. Offerings of Whea: moderate:
and ;,ricns are shade lower; bite IOa lI0 red
lGosl10 The receipts Of Corn have increased,
sul prices have Ia len off; quotations 20 ~.
Os,S il ta r receipt, and price. ioweF--o2aol!.
FngrErlcKsBURa MARKET March l2-The
market Is aluet with light Ctf-!iags OF Grain.
Wnra, is quoted at l40alSO for good to choice;
Cry. tS..U Ryo 90 %, aud Oats to IS.
roAL.-The james River and Ksnswha Canal
Company have applied to the Legislature for
all nuri,y to borrow ten millions of dol!ars for
III" p.rprse o. completing the canal from Buch-
Assn to Clifton Forge, on the Chesapeake and
Ohu Railroad. The extension will be very ad-
vantageuuS to our city IN many respects, Dut
prn ipaliy becau it Will cheaper coal. The
cost OF fuel in this city IS now most burdensome
The kanawha coal brings at present 3hc bush
o.. and anthracite 4,ic-which would be 90 All to
about Slp per ton for the former, and over 81 l
per ton for the latter. If this new extension Is
made we believe the coal from the kanawha Can
Re sold in this city rs low as SIS per ton. At least
It ought to DO. Wi h dumping schu;es arranged
at Chiffon Forge, 20 that the cars can depos'tihe
coal directly in the boats no cost will be incur
red in handling, and transportation ought to be
reasonable. This dlminution in the price OF coal
VIII work great good for Lynchbu7g. Every
body will feel it Gas bills must come down. and
sill branches of business will be affected by it
Our toundries eau resume. and the reopenng of
operstons at the rolling m |! be an assured sue
Cess. SO important matter has not been pre-.
sented to our citizens tor long time, and we
hops they Will not lose the oppor. unity to give
encouragement to the efforts of the Canal Com
any.-lLynchburg News.
@>The thanks Of the undersigned are hereby
te d red the Fire Department tor the very eff