The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-01-08
COM M ERClAL.
CAIRO. Ills, THURSDAY EVENING.
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CAIRO. Ills, THURSDAY EVENING.
January Z. 1875.
The cold snap still holds on, and has
been steady all the week without signs of
a thaw. The river is closed 10 st. Louis.
and footmen cross on the Ice within few
miles of this point. In the Ohio and the
Mississippi below Cairo. navigation is I'M
INSTRUCTED. The Ohio Is rising steadily.
The market i quiet and inactive in all
it, branches. Flour has come 10 a dead
lock. There j. no demand ut all for corn
and but little doing in oats. Meal i
quiet, firm, scarce and going at unchanged
prices.
Receipts a. shown 10y the inspector re-
port. since our last date. have been as fol-
lows: - car, oats: : cars of corn; )
car of wheat.
THE MARKET
lzTH our friends should bear in mind
that the price. here given are usually for
SALE from first hand. in round lots. In
filling orders and for broken lots II j. nee
o.-ary to chargcm advance over these
iiglrc- @Isa
FLOUR.
The market has come 10 a -tand-still in
all grados. There Is no demand for any
thing We note sale, OF 800 bbl.. ~ 90
to 30: 300 Dbl, in lot. = 80 to 6 90; 300
bbls. 81 % to ; -: 300 bbls. City Mills.
- 80 TO SO %: 200 bbls. - % to J 80.
car load rye Hour. s. -: 2OO bbls. - 90
to -: 100 bbls. 81 30 to > 20; 100 Dbl,
.upcriinc. - 10: 200 bbl>. / - to g 90.
HAY.
There j. a steady demand for choice !
timothy aud prairie hay. and noreccipt,.
Everything else i, duh and not wanted.
We note sale, of 3 cars prime mixed de-
livcred. SIS 90: car, choice timothy |
delivered, $50 0Na?l 90; ! ear good tim
othy delivered. SO 90: , cars good tim
othy delivered, $50 90; : cars choice
timothy delivered, S2l 90; , cars red top. |
delivered. SIS 90; car prime mixed |
delivered. SIS 90.
CORN.
There j. no pcrccptablc improvement !
in corn, receipts have been light anu
sales few. Prices rule steady and I'M !
changed sales We're cars No. white
in bulk on track. G9c: ] car rejected in
sacks delivered, 12c; car No. white in
sack, delivered. 15c: car No. white in
sacks delivered, 7lc.
OATS.
Receipts are moderately heavy. al
though the demand is not large. The !
market is steady and unchanged. We
note sales of . ears No. , mixed in sacks
delivered, Gjc: cars No. mixed in
sacks delivered. Csc: > car, No. : mixed
in sacks delivered. Gle: | ear black mixed
in sacks delivered, GGc , cars No. ,
mixed in sack, delivered. Gjc.
MEAL.
There i, nothing of any consequence
doing. The demand for the order trade
i, not large but the supply Offering is
limited. Sales: 200 bbl~ steam dried. de-
livcrcd, - go: 100 bbls Kiln dried. drliv-
cred. 50 60; $50 hbl, steam dried, deliy-
cred. 50 Ga: 80 bbls green meal, delivered.
50 30; POO bbl> city mills, in lots. - G5@
$40.
BRAN.
There is fair demand for all that
comes in. Prices rule Il shade higher to-
day, closing at $50 90. Sales: ear in
sacks, delivered $50 90: car in sacks.
delivered, $50 90; 800 sacks, delivered.
$40 sOG20 90.
BUTTER.
The market is quiet and unchanged:
receipts are hight but stocks are too
heavy for the demand. Sales were Il
boxes roll 23c: 200 lbs choice roll POO 2jc;
800 lbs choice Northern roll 22G24c: 500
lbs choice Southern Illinois 20CG22c.
EGGS.
The market i ovcrstockcd. aud sales
very slow at zoe, which may be quoted
the outside figure to-day.
POULTRY.
The markets. bare ofpoultry orall kinds;
but little has been received for a week
past, and the demand is good for choice
live hens at 50 90; and good dressed
chickens at - 50(a3 80.
FRUIT.
The market i, overstockcd with apples
and none wanted. We note sale. of go
bbls choice apples 50 90; % bbls extra
choice Northern apples, 50 30: 10 bbls
good apples, - 80.
POTATOES.
There is Il fair demand for choice North
ern potatoes and very few in market.
We note sales as follows: Fifty bushels
in bulk, soc: 30 bushels choice, in bulk,
81 90; 30 bushels common, in bulk, zoe: !