The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-20

LARD.The market is very firm. Prime
loTc for city, with sales to-day at inside price,
| and country Is heldat 152St91o1zc per lib.
BULK MEATs-The market is steady, with
fair demand. Clear sides are quoted l2kc;
| clear rib sides 1i%Gll&c, and shoulders SXc,
| and all held Nc more per lb for loose.
IOBACCO-The market continues firm, with
no variation during the week. Shipping grades
are worth: Bright leaf, 24QD89c: bright lugs,
l4QD22c; bright trash. llGl7c; dark leaf, 16@19c;
dark lugs, 11@13c; dark trash, 9@l1c per 10.
Manufacturing grades are selling: Bright
wrappers, 3Oc(G$l; bright filters, l6lg2Sc; dark
wrappers, 146Olsc; dark filters, 10@l2c per lb.
OHIO seed leaf Is worth 14925c for cigar wrap
pers, and 6t0l0c for cigar lllers per Id.
COTTON-Tne market is quiet but steady.
Sales to-day, 1882 bales. Receipts bales, and
shipments 116 bales. Stock on hand, 1914
bales. Prices still unchanged. We quote: Or
dinary, lSxc; good ordinary. 14%c; low mid
ding, 15kc; middllng, Elc; good middling,
ls1c; middling fair, 1870; and fair is worth
WHlSKY-The market is firm to-day, with
fair demand, and sales Of 1876 brls at 81 y per
BARLEY-The market is firm with light
offerings and fair demand. Good to choice
spring is worth 81 5000 IS for Iowa, aud 81 4u(0
! 80 for Canada. Good to prime fall is quoted
at 81 5OG1 55 per bu.
AICOhOL-lb uruler, WlUH Ialr ucInunu IOr
9S per cent. above proof at 81 20 per gallon.
ASHES-The demand Is limited, and there
has been little or no change since last week.
We quote pearls 9c, and pots 6G61ac per lb.
BAGS-There is a quiet market, under a
moderate demand, and we observe no material
variation in prices. We quote: Seamless cot
ton sacks, 2 Du, 29ln33c; burlaps, bu, l0(01lc;
burlaps, bu, 14g1bc; gunnies, bu, 14lD15c;
gunnies, bu, 23lD24c.
BARk--The receipts are ample to meet the
demand, and there Is quiet market at $12g14
per cord for good to prime chestnut oak.
BEANS = There is quiet market, with
no material change. Medium to fair grades
are worth 81 s0D2O0, and choice nayies at W Is
02 25 per bu.
BEEsWANL market remains steady,
though the demand is moderate, at previous
rates. Dealers are paying T92ec per lb for
prime samples.
BROOMS-The market has undergone no es-
sential change. The demand is moderate and
prices are steady. We quote: Common, per
dozen, S8<g3 20; Shaker, So 75Iq4 co; Hurl, $40
2s; Steamboat, IS 60G6 0O
BROOM-CURN-There has been no change
of any Importance The market is steady
brush l0c; green stalk braid, nalU12hc, and
green hurl 180l4c per lb.
BUTTER-The market remains about as last
reported. There is'a good local demand for
best table butter, which, under moderate re-
ceipts, commands full prices. Prime TO choice
w estern Reserve is worth 27N29c, and best
grades Central and Southern Ohio and Indiana
sell at 22g25c, with 1@2c more for extra Sc
lections Of single packages. There is a limited
demand for medium grades, with large re-
ceipts, at 1SG2oc per ID, and lower packing
grades are also very dull, the receipts being
much larger than the sales. at 18(Il5c per ID.
CANDLES-There is a firm market, with fair
demand, and prices are unchanged. Common
talow are worth llA@l2hc, and star candles
l7(0l7kc per lb.
CHEEs E-The demand is light and the re-
ceipts are only moderate Prime to choice fac
tory is quoted at 15Wl5Hc per lb.
COAt-There is still steady market, with
little, il any, change; The rates afloat are
eh@9c. We quote delivered to consumers:
Ohio River, 1Oc; Ashland, 1lgl2c; Hooking
Valley, from Brighton elevator, l2c; Musklngum
Valley and hanawha, lSc; Pittsburg, 12G13c;
and Kanawha camel, 21l022c per bu.
COFFEE-Ihe market is firm with an active
consumptive demand. Rio Is worth 2l(G21 nc
for conlmon I2.G23c for fair to good; and
23IsQI24Ac for prime to choice per Id. Lagu-
agra is worth z6Qo27c, and Java s303Sc per lb.
COkDAGE-The market Is quiet Prices
have undergone no variation. We quote: Ma
nlla, l4glO1fc; Sisal, ilhGG1gc l9 per d. accord
COOPERAGE-The market remains inactive |
though there has been no material alteration |
in prices. We quote: Flour barrels, 35Qg40c; !
whisky brls, iron-bomd. 81 5091 s.; petroleum
bound, 81 1901 Is; oil brls, 25Gl 3j; ham tier
ces 50Sa65c; lard kegs, 45@50c: half hhds,
81 ~; pork brls. 9Jc,GSl; slack, half, s3 5OtG
4; tight, one-hah, iron-bound, sl@l 10; lard
terces, 81 1901 Is; beef tierces, 81 7OD1 81; fly
tight hhds, 81 50(G1 60.
COOPERSTUFf S--1hcrc is q firm feeling in
the market under limited receipts, though the
demand has been only moderate. We quote:
Slaves. per 1.000-kough brl. s1s@15: dressed
do, S1Ggs0; SLACK hogsheads, s2OQ026; tight do,
tsO(a35. Poles, rsr 1,VOu-Flour br, sot@lO;
tight prl, $l&Gi4; hogshead, $25Q45.
COTTON. YARNS The market remains
steady with moderate 1pmaOd q nto.
Assorted numbers, per lb, 27c; carpet warp, |
white, per lb, 27c; carpet warp, colored per h. |
35c; wicking per lb, 26c; coverlet yarn, 29o;
batting, 14(G2jc; cotton twne per ID, 22ia2fc;
cotton rope, per ID, 2ags4c trot lines, per ID,
Bic; staging, per lb, 33c; seine twIne, per |
lb, a5c.
DRIED FRUIT-Domestic is STEADY with !
fair demacd, and apples are worth 71a@9c |
peaches 7G8c for quarters. 9910c for halves |
Forelg gn' are steady and without any material |
change We quote: iigs, 14Glsc; dates, 71sQp
Sc; citron, 3JttaS3c; prunes, 1O@l1c; and cur
rants, 91s@sc per lb. Layer raisins are worth |
$3(dl3 10 per box.
EGGS-The receipts have been liberal all the |
week, and the demand is only moderate. The |
market rules quiet at l5gl6c per dozen for.
fresh arrivals.
about equal, and both are moderate There is
q steady MARKET and dealers pay 4Sc per lb for
primo live geese.
GREEN FRUITs-Apples are in moderate
lOmduu, WIN supply, anu ScllluR aC
81 5Qg2 for fair to good and 81 5Og3 90 for prime
to choice, per bIl. Foreign fruits are steady
and quiet. Lemons are worth S. 50Q96, and Or
anges s4G5 per box.
HAY-There has been no material variation
n the market There is still good consump-
i've demand for the best grades. Inferior
grades continue very dull, with little or no de-
nand. We quote: On arrival, No. l timothy,
23924 for loose pressed. and $50 al for close
pressed, per ton; common is held at $15ld1S per
on. Dealers ask ~ more per ton, in store.
HEMP-The market is inactive. The re- !
'elpts are only moderate, and there is rather a
United demand. Wequote: Rough Kentucky, |
il Gi@I ~ per ton. Dressed is worth 121a@l3c
)er Id.
HIDES-There Is steady market with q
moderate demand and good receipts at pre- Ii
'ious rates. We quote: Green hides, itGSc
)er ID; wet salted, SXG95sc; dry fine, l4dg15c
heep pelts, 75ctG$l % for good To prime, and 20
g4tc for inferior.
HOPS-The market is firm with fair demand
u 40Qg46c per lb for prime to choice sample lots.
IRON-The market has undergone no essen
ial change since last week. Pig iron is very
uiet but there is a fair demand for maIle-
BILE. We give the following at four months: d,
harcoal,- hot blast Hanging Rock-No. /,
a8 OO@80 OO; No. =, do, $274g2S; do. MILL S26 20;
alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, No. /, $27a20;
70. $26tQz7: mill, $26 90; stone-coal and coke
ron. No. !, S26g2S; No. 2, 25lDa7; mill, $22Q26:
harcoal, cold-blast-H r., $40QD5O; Alabama, !
ieorgia, and Tennessee, warm and cold
last, S35g45. Blooms, sSAa9O. Wrought Scrap