The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-05-18

NEW YORK. May 17-Evenlng.--COt market is
dull and unchanged; sales 2340 bales; Middin2 up
upands at 16sc; forward deliveries declined ac with
small business. Flour-receipts of II 1909 bbls the
market is quiet and prices without decided change
IS q 5 20; extra Western and State at Is a 55
choice extra Western and State at 60 a 80; White
Wheat Western extra at 80 "a 50; good extra Ohio
at 20 q 30; extra St Louis at 60 q 90, incud-
ing 240O bbls of shipping extras at Is q 35; the
market closing quet Southern flour at 5 25 q so;
Rye -four is steady at 40 q so. Cornmeal steady
at 90 a 4 so. Wheat-recepts 1920 bush; the
market oPeneda shade fir rmer and closed quiet with
@ IS; 1sa q 1 2o4 for No2 Chicago; 1 10 q 2O5
for No2 Northwestern; % for No2 Milwaukee
boygan; Is q 25 Tor ungraded Iowa and Minnesota
Spring: IS q 40 for Winter Red Western; 40 q
tern. Rye quiet at 90 "a o. for Canada in bond
State at 90. Barley is quiet and firm, Corn-re-
cepts 1900 bush; market opened 1e lower and osed
quiet with advance nearly lost; demand for home use
and export quiet and moderate; sales $4,000 bush at
rs q CSC for Western Mixed ;SS s82c for high Mixed
Yellow Western oats~recepts Of n 90 bus65 the
market is decidedly irmer with rather more doing;
sales 900 bush at 76t a zoe for Mixed Western; IS
q soc for White do; also 60 900 bush Mixed Western
bought to fill contract at 1859 in store; 7Sc for aoat
Coffee is quiet; Rio quoted at 153 g Isle gold for
for good ordinary to fair sugar duh and unehang
ed 81 a 8sc for fair to good refining; sacfor prime
refined is dull at 1Os g lot for standard c; 1Os q 1s
and unchanged. Rice is quiet and unchanged. Pc
troleum is dull crude at 81 g &C.; refined at 129 q
lZ4 on Spot ana Daiance OF mOQGl. ldlOW is urm
atss q &c.. Naval Stores-Rosin is quiet at 92c for
STRAINED Turpentine quiet at Sale for Spirits. Pork
lower; sales $500 bbs new mess at 81 rs; 2200 bbs
seller june at % IS % q; $500 do seller July at
at 81 10 a q 75 1850 do seller for August at q IS q
% co. Beef quiet at II 90. Lard lower and closing
firm; prime steam at Is 7-16; seller May at 15s q
at 15A q 1853; $50 dosseer August at Is Lie. But
ter firm; Y q 16c for Western Is q 22c for State; IS
q 23c for new Western; State new 20 q CSC. Whis-
key is more active and frmer at q "a %.
Freghts to Liverpool-the market is dull; Cotton
per steam a. e &c ton per fail a. c9fn per e
Gid; Wheat per sail 5ad.
CHICAGO, May 17.-Flour is firm and in fair de-
% Ma Wheat is No ;Sprg o. OBJ
for seller July; No do 97sc; rejected at 81 q ssc
Corn dull and unsettled; No Mixed at 715 q re on
485c Oats Steady No at 635c bid on spot; 6isc bid
seller June; rejected Gle. Rye is dull and unchang-
ed; No at O6b. Barley quiet bat firm; No Spring
at 80 a SO spot; 05 seller September. Pork is
dull and lower at 81 rs on spot and seller for June
81 55 seller July Lard in fair demand and lower at
seller July Bulk Meats eats quiet and firm; shoulders
sic; short rib mddles Pail loose spot and seller
June Whisky is buoyant tar and unsettled; sales at
Lake Freghts-Wheat to Buffalo Al Corn to Buff
faly 4.
was trmer at O4t a Ois seller for June; OH for
seller July. Corn at 723 q 725c seller June 75ac for
July. Oats at 64c cash. Pork rather easier and un.
changed. Lard is unchanged.
Receipts-10,0O0 bbls flour, $4,000 bush wheat, 81
900 bush corn 5000 bush oats $1,000 bush rye 5000
Shipments-10O 900 bbls -four, 49, 900 bush wheat 3D.
600 bush corn, 1000 bush OATS $1,000 bush rye 1900
bush barley.
MILWAUKEE May 16-Flour is quiet and steady.
Wheat weak; No 1 Milwaukee at 054; mo Mil
waukee at O32; Oh for seller June OGa seller for
july. Oats in good demand and lower; No in store
at 624c Cornnomnally unchanged. Rye nominal
ly unchanged. Barley scarce and very. firm; No 2
Spring in store at IS q 36. Proyisions-Mess
Pork at 81 so for prime. Lard-steam rendered at
loo.
Freights nominally unchanged; Wheat to Buffalo
at AID; to Oswego at SID.
Receipts-7,500 bbls -four. S. 900 bush wheat.
Shipments 900 bbls flour, 287, 900 bush wheat
ST. LOUIS, May 17.-Flour is dull and unchang-
ed Supertine Winter at 90 q rs; double extra do
Winter at 800 q 40 cash All @ As seller June;
AL a Az seller for July soft; No Spring at O63
a OF. Corn lower; No Mixed at 70 q 73cc. Oats
better; No at &c cash and seller May. Barley dull;
sample lots of prime 25 Rye is quiet at 1 05 "a
O6. Whskey held firmly ct 20. Pork dull at 2l IS
% 20 co. the latter for small lots Dry sailed Meats
unchanged and nothing doing; shoulders up country
S4c clear rib sides do at 1885, round lots here held at
SIC for shoulders; clear rib 12 clear sides 12c. Ba
con firm and more doing, all sales outside. Lard is
nOminaly at 15c.
Live Hogs in good demand and firm; shippers 6 IS
Cattle are active and firm; receipts nomnaliy; COM
mon to fir Texas 90 q rs; good do 4 % "a 4 IS;
good feeders CPL fair native butchers steers at
425 q 475.
Receipts-7oOo bbs -four, $4,000 bush wheat, $1,000
bush corn, 20 900 bush oats $1,000 bush barley, 0OO0
bush rye, 900 hogs, 1000 CATTLE
TOLEDO, May 17.-Flour is quiet and unchanged
Wheat dull and declining; Amber Michigan at 30;
seller June at 29a seller July at 1 81 "a 81 last
half June at 30a; No 2 Red seller seller June at
IS; seller July at 81 No Amber Illinois at 81
Corn is steady; high Mixed cash and seller June at
rs "a 764c; seller duly 77!c seller August ISLE; low
Mixed 154c; White soc; damaged zoe. Oats are in
fair demand and firm; No at 7O4c; White at 71c
Michigan at 69c; rejected Sc
Receipts-1O,0JO bush Wheat II 900 bush Corn, s.
bush Oats.
Shipments bbls flour, 5000 bush Wheat, 3d.
600 bush Corn. 00,OO0 bush Oats.
DETROIT. May i7.-Flour is quiet and unchanged.
Wheat is dull and dropping; extra at 291; No
White at 27a Amber Michigan at 26. Corn is
steady at 77lc Oats quiet and unchanged. Clover
Seed 50.
Receipts-2GOO bbls flour, 1000 bush wheat 1000
bush corn, 1000 bush oats.
Standardization bbls flour ,27 900 bush wheat 0OOO
oush corn, 5000 do oats.
and quiet at % co. Lard is nominal; steam held at
154 on spot buyer May kettle at Isl. Bulk Meats
are steady; shoulders at Ssc; clear rib sides at 124
Bacon quiet and unchanged; shoulders at 81; clear
rib 124; clear sides 134 Whskey is steady at Is.
Live Hogs are firm sales of common to good at 90
900 head; shipments $780,
CHARLESTON. May H. Cotton is steady; Middling
uplands at 15s a 154c.
skvANNAH, May 17-Cotton quiet; Middling up
lands 15s.
MOBILE, May 17.-Cotton is easy; Middling up
lands 155c.
New ORLEANS, May E.-t,ott0n in fair demand; |
Middhng nplands at 15ac. |
NEW YORK, May 17.-Cottonis dull; Middling up |
lands l6ac.