Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-02-26

The sales for the week were as fol
lows:
Bills. Hard. Dip. Virgin.
Friday. HOO l 40 2 25 %
Saturday. 500 l 40 2 % 2 %
Monday 5000 l % 2 % 2 %
Tuesday. 1000 1 80 2 O5 2 05
Wed'y. 1000 l 80 2 10 2 10
Thursday. q % 1 25 20 2 20
TAR-For the several days which
constituted the early part OF the week
the market was III fair healthy con-
dition and pretty uniform at the gen
eral range Of quotations. Ga Tues
day, however, there was decline of
IS cents, and on Wednesday the mar
ket was unsettled without any official
quotations. At the close to day the
market is quiet at 81 As per Dbl
The receipts for the week were / 1853
bbls. against l ,2O6 bbls. for last week.
The exports for the week were $50
! bbis. against 1 $40 bbls. for last week
! The stock in yard and ahoat is 6,268
| bbis. against 5,025 bbls. for last week.
! The sales for the week were as fol-
| lows
Friday. . 100 bbls at 81 60 per bbl
Saturday 10 " q" 65
Tuesday. -. 150 g " l 80 &"
NFedussday-No sales reported.
Thursday. 100 d" u" As IS
GRAlN-The past week has been
! an uneveGtful one, so far as creating
any excitement or changing the gen
erui features of the grain market
| CoRN-Abou5 the usual trading was
done IN this lire. There was a fair
! y, Of nr-f1ara
and the city Jn6umptive demand was
good. The market ruled St ady at
former prices. There were three cargo
| arrivals on Wednesday evening con
tanning 8, 500 bushels as follows: Schr.
RIverdaie. 1880 bushels; schr. B. IL.
Hilton, ], 800 bushels; and scbr. John
Howard 2, 200 bushels. At the time
of closing our report to-day no sales
Ia. iranspired, but the market was
quoted steady at 854 cents and it was
| thought that these cargOes would be
placed at above figures. From
store prices have sustained no
change. The receipts for the week
were as follows: From Baltimore,
4,197 bushels; from New York, $500
| bushels; from the eastern counties,
$500 bushels, and by ". & ". r. Il
about 2,000 bushels. The followingar are
the quotations to-day: Yellow and
mixed corn 80 to 90! cts. and white
mealing 95 % 975 cts. p bush; highest
figures including sacks. OATs.-The
market is quiet and unchanged in
price Quotations from store are
80 to S2A cts T. bushel, including sacks.
PEAs.-The stock is small and the
demand at present light; COW and clay
sell at 81 C5@$1 10 II bushel, and
81 15@SI % for white ~ bushel.
RICE. The demand is fair with an adj
equate supply. Clean Carolina is held
at 8 cents by the cask; Rough
is in small supply, and sells at 81 20
to 81 40, according to quality. Corn
MEAL-The demand is light and the
stock is equal to the enquiry prevail
ing. Sales from store at 81 @ s.
+ bushel, including sacks.
PROVISIONS provision market
for few days of the early part of the
present week was very brisk, there
being an increase in the orders from
the country, and the consumptive de-
m&nd of the city, and prices were irm,
but later a damper was thrown upon
the market by a reaction of feeling in
the Northern and Western markets,
and since then ours has been quiet.
North Carolina bacon continues carce
and there is very little doing owing to
the small stock. Quotations of this
quality of meats are nominal.
To day the quotations for meats are
as follows:
North Carolina Bacon sells at
109@11 cents for shoulders, 1904
cents for sides, 1904 cents for hog
round and 1913 cents for hams. We
quote Western Smoked at $685. cents
for shoulders, 1908! cents for sides,
and 16@17 cents for hams. Dry Stated
sells at S@83 cents for shoulders and
11@12 cents for clear rib sides.-
LARD-North Carolina is scarce and
wanted. Sells at 1920 cents Il ID.
Northern steam refined, in buckets and
tubs, sells at 17@18 cents u ID.
COTTON YARNS.-The market
only moderate demand for small lots
to assert stocks; prices unchanged.
EGGS-There is good demand
for eggs at the present and quota
tions are 25 to 80 cents per dozen by
the quantity.
SALT-There is a good stock OF
domestic-rather free offerings aud
only a fair demand. Liverpool and
American sells at 81 15@1 90 per sack.
BEESWAX-The receipts are fully
equal to the wants of the trade, though
all offered finds ready market and
prices are well sustained at 25@2S cts.
n ID r prime.
PEANUTS-There is not much
change i'll the peanut market former
prices being well sustained and fair
amount of receipts with a good trade
doing tits estimated by receivers that
the crop OF this section of the State
will reach 1000 bushels. OF this
amount some 10000 bushels have been
received and about $1,000 bush els re
st;it held in first hands. The snip
ments from this port since the openir G
bushels which leaves an estimated
stock on hand of 10000 bushels
To-day the following quotations were
maid.