The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-03-04

NRw YORK. March Accommodation held firm
er and quotations unchanged; sales 1898 bales; Mid
ding uplands 164c forward deliveries advanced Ac
Flour is shade hrmer with moderate export and
home trade demand prices, however, are without
decided change; sales 1910 bbls; Super3e Western
and State at 25 a u.s. extra Western and State at
4 50 a 80; White Wheat Western extra 30 q 90;
common to good extra Ohio rs q 80; common to
choice extra st Louis at IS q 90; including 10 500
bbs shipping EXTRA closing steady; Southern flour at
80 "a co. Wheat-receipts 81 800 bush; the market
is about c better with more doing for exports, also
at fair, middlng and speculative inquiry; sales of
10000 bush 06 q 90 for No Spring; 10 a 10
for No Chicago; 10 q 10 for No 2 Northwestern;
1 123 a 1 Is for No 9 Milwaukee; 1 16 q 10 No
Spring; O6 a IS for ungraded Iowa and Mnneso-
ia Spring. % a 23t for Winter Red Western; 26
@ q for Amber Western; l. % q 81 for White
Western. Corn-receipts $4,000 bush; the market
opened dull and prices generally without decided
change and closed rather more steady; sales $4,000
bush at SO q SIC for Western Mixed, chiefly at S34 q
$50; SIC for Yellow Western; SAC for White Western
Oats-recepts 1880 bush; the market is dull and
scarcely firm sales of $4,000 bush at 81 q CSC for
is steady sales of 2517 bags Rio at 171 a 1S3c gold
Sugar irregular and unsettled, holders are asking
higher prices; quoted nominally at g g 7se for fair
at life q 75c; 637 boxes Molasses do on pIivate
terms; refined Sugar is trmer at 10 g 1oae, 1Oac tor
easier; crude at u q &c. 10000 bbls at &c., refined at
1871 a 15sc $500 bbs of refined to March 18th at l5sc
Tallow is steady at sic. Naval Stores-Rosin heavy
at 90 q O5 for strained. Turpentine heavy, Spir-
its at 35Ic. Pork dull and unchanged; sales $50 bbls
at IS 25 a 10 49, seller for March quoted at
10 10 a 10 10. Dressed Hogs dull at 81 "a 81 I0r Wes-
tern. Beef quiet Lard lower at 10 9-l6c for prince
1000 tierces seller March at 10 GIG 1884, 500 do SELL
April at 10 11-16 a 1885, 800 do seller May at 10 15
Ice; go do seller June at IA lilo Butter heavy at
Is a 2tc for Western % a "a for State. Whskey is
decidedly rmer; sales $50 bbs at O9 q TO- closing
buyers at 90.
Wool is quiet; Domestic fleece 50 q Csc; Pulled at
30 a SOC.
Freights to Liverpool are more active; Cotton per
steam a 9-32d; Corn per steam at 3d. Wheat per
steam at I'd
CHICAGO, March 3.-Flour is quiet and unchanged;
Superfne Spring 125; extra 90 a 30. Wheat is
active and higher; No Spring at 90c; No Spring
S7s "a size on spot; S7ac seller March; SSsc for seller
April; 92sc seller May; No Spring at s31c. Corn
quiet and weak; No Mixed at "a "a 64tc on spot or
seller March; Csc bid seller for April Tic bid seller
May rejected at 63sc. Oats quIet and unchanged;
No at 535c spot seller March; 53sc seller for
April; 56sc seller May Rye is quiet and unchanged;
No at 50 az 99c. BARLEY excited and higher Spring
at 90 q 00A spot; OF for seller April. Dressed
Hogs are nominal Provisons-POrk lower and in
March; Is 30 a Is 321 seller April Is 62t seller May.
spot 10 374 az 10 40 seller April; 10 SIT seller May.
Bulk Meas steady; shoulders &c. short rib mddles
81 ssc; short clear middes 81 "a Zoe loose spot
and seller for March. Whskey panicky aud diff
cult to get accurate quotations; sales ae yesterday
sc; to-day at 90; held at 10.
Receipts-6,00s bbls flour, $4,000 bush wheat, %
900 bush corn $4,000 bush oats, 0,OOO bush rye, SVVo
bush of barley.
ShpIuents-5O0 600 bbls -four, 5000 bush wheat o.
900 bush corn, 5000 bush oats, $1,000 bush rye oOOV
bush barley.