The Portland daily press., 1874-08-21

| NEW YORK, Aug. 20-Evenlng. Cotton weak
and irregular; sales 1854 bales; Biddlng upands al
1897 forward deliveries declined at 3-6 "a ic Flou
receipts r. 4s7 bbls the market is dnll with only
limited export and hometrade inquiry; sales - 40(
bbs; Western and State at 70 a 20 white Wheat
Western extra at 6 90 a Go; extra Ohio at 40 a
TO- extra st Louis 10 q 70, including $500 bbls
shipping extra at 40 g g. closing dull Southern
-four at 5 go q so. Wheat-receipts 1755SO bush
the market is heavy and a &c lower with very
moderate export demand and limited home trade
inquiry; sales $4,000 bush i 24 % % for No Chi
cago; % @ 254 for No 2 Minnesota; 25 al 265
Tor NO Milwaukee; ungraded Iowa and Minnesota
Spring pr y e 81 No Spring at 80 a S2;1 269
Winter Red Western; 80 @l SO for new Amber do
81 q 40 for White Western; also $4,000 bush No 2
Chicago in store at 81 Corn-receipts 25s 575 bush
the market scarcely so active and shade easier saes
10000 bush heated at 81 a size for Western Mixed;
81 9 &c Tor high Mixed and Western Yellow 96c for
White Western; also q, 600 bush White Western to
arrive with two weeks at 9c. Oats-receipts 93 426
bush: the market is market and more active; sales
9S9Oo bush at As g 5Sac for new Mixed Western; 80
q 5Sc for new White do; 55c for old Mixed Western
closing quiet Coffee is quiet sales of 1000 bags Rio
at 1Sc in gold for Sugar is rmer and active fair 10
of 23OO hhds u q SIC for low fair to strictly good
Museovado; SIC tor Centrifugal refined irmer at 1Oa
g 1910 for hard grades. Molasses quiet. Rice dull
Petroleum; nominal crude at Al spot; &c seller for
Sept; refined at 111c on spot; 11sc seller Sept. Tai
low is firm country 81 q S5-16c; city ST a So Ma
val stores-Rosin steady at 20 g Is for strained
Spirits furpentine steady at 354c. Pork rmer; sales
of $50 bbs new mess at % 90 a % so; seller Sept at
% co. Beet quiet, Lard is lower at 14sc for prime
at 144 q 14c: 1000 do sellers option for the year at
III; $50 do sellers option twelve months at lille But
ter firm at % "a Bic tor Western; &c a. 35c for State
Whiskey quiet at 1 03.
Freights to Liverpool dull and lower; Cotton Der
steam q Sled do sail 732d; Corn per steam at I'd
Wheat per steam at I'D.
Wool hrm; domestic fleece 10 @ G5c; tubbed 50 a.
5Sc; pulled at 80 a. 53c
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-Flour is quiet and unchanged !;
Western shipping extra IS q 70. Wheat is in on
ly limited jobbing demand and prices frmer: No 1
Spring U3h, NO Spring at gDc 9jlc seller
Sept; No Spring at 81 a 945c; rejected at Ssc.-
Corn opened higher and closea rather easier; No 2
Mixed at 66ac, and closed at 66ac bid spot seller
Aug and seller for Sept; rejected at csc. Oats are
active and higher and closed easier No2 at 4O2c for
seller Sept 4O3c bid seller Aug; 31c seller Sept Rive
is in fair demand and firm and higher at IS al 73c for
No. Barley is quiet, firm and higher 81 a SEC for
No Spring, closing at outside price. Provisions
Pofk quiet and weak at 223 q 22a spot 22a a 22a
seller Sept. Lard, full rices asked and demand
l45 9 10 seller Sept on spot. Bulk meats firm,
in fair demand ana unchanged; shoulders at 81 al
osc short rib middes 11ac; short clear do at IL %
IL. Whiskey at 96c.
Lake Freights quiet and unchanged; Corn to
Buffalo 3; Wheat do Bic.
On the call of the board in the afternoon Wheat
csosed at 972c seller for Aug; 94sc do Sept Corn at
664c seller Aug aud seller Sept.
Keceipts-5,U00 bbs -four, l66, 900 bush wheat 155-
900 bush corn, 1900 bush oats 1900 bush rye 1909
bush barley
Shipments 5000 bbls -four, 151 900 bush wheat ST.
600 ousl corn, 16l COO bush oas, 1000 bush rye 900
bush barley.
OINoINNATJ, Aug. 2O.-Provisions-Pork in only
limited jobbing demand and heldbat % 90. Lard il
hrner; summer steam at 144c. Bulk Meats are
firm shoulders at Slc clear rib sides-some sales at
l2c generay held at 124 a 12lc bid clear sides
Inaly at l2ac. Bacon is steady; shoulders at 9sc;
clear rib sides at 13sc clear sides at 49, Whiskey
steady at &c.
TOLEDO, Aug. Colour is steady Wheat is duh
and lower; No White Wabash at 20; No White
Michigan at 81 a 21i extra White Michigan IS;
Amber Michigan 124; seller Sept IA do Oct III:
80 Red IS; No 2 Red - seller Sept 10; No
Amber Illinois quiet; No at 49,. Corn is firm:
high Mixed at zoe; seller Aug &c., low Mixed 69Ic;
Yellow 70c; White l9c; no grades at 69c; damaged
Csc. Oats are in fair demand and higher; No / lat
AGO. No 2 at 42e; seller Aug 4lc; do Sept 4Oc; Mch-
igan 421c.
q q 3; to Oswego at 81 "a G.
kecepts-0,UUO bbls 1our, 66,000 bush wheat 2S goo
bush corn, %, 900 bush oats.
Shipments-00000 bbls flour "a, 900 bush wheat 49,
900 bush corn, %, 900 bush oats.
MILWAUKEE. Aug, 20.-Flour quiet and unchang-
ed, Wheat is steadyweak; No Milwaukee at III;
No at 03; seller Sept at 96sc. Corni steady an
higher No diXed at 66ac. Oats scarce and higher
No 2 at 40c Ryeis firm and unchanged; No at Sic
Barley is unsettled andexcited; No 2 Spring seller
Sept Csc.
Lake Freights-Wheat to Buffalo ssc do to Oswego
at &c.
Rece PTS, 200 bbls flour, II 900 bush wheat.
Shipments 100000 bbs flour. $4,000 bush wheat.
DETROIT Aug 2O-Wheat dull and declining: ex-
ira at 2il mo at 20 a 204 ;Amber Michigan at
10 q IA. Corn is steady at 73c. Oats in good
demand at 43.
Receipts-2,OOo bbs flour, 1000 bush wheat, $1,000
Shipments-ooou bbls -FOUR coo bush wheat, 100000
bush corn, Co., 600 bush oats.
CHARLESTON. Aug 2O.-Cotton quiet; Middling
upands = q 15ac.
sAvANNAH, Aug 20.-Cotton nominal; Middlina
uplands 16lc.
MOBILE, Aug. 2O.-Cotton is quiet; Mid ling up
lands at 16c.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2O.-Cotton quiet Midaline
uplands at 1875.