The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-09
COMMERCIAL.
CAIRO, IN, TprnspAy EvHNiN0.
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The weather since The advent of July
has kept an even temperature that may
be described rs ''rcd hot Last night
was cool and pleasant, but to-day has
shown no variation from the high TEN.
peraturc that ha. prevailed every day for
the past week.
Business is remarkably dull in all its
branches and more particularly is this
dullncss experienced among commission
merchants.
There Is nothing at all doing to speak
OF in grain, hay, flour or any other of
the leading branches of this market.
Transactions from first hands are very
!imitcd and the order trade has dropped
I down to almost nothing; what Is still
more dscouraging there is nothing to III
! dictate a revival in business soon.
In hay there is nothing at all doing;
warehouses are full and none wanted
| The same nearly can be said oi oats, al
though stocks are considered small.
Rcccipts OF corn are light hut are more
than a. demand requires. Butter is over
storke' and all on hand j. hrcomiug
! damaged hy the hot weather Receipts
Of eggs, also young chickens. find ready
| sale. leaving no surplus on the market.
In provisions hams are plenty aud quiet.
but clear sides and shoulders arc scarce
and IN demand. Flour and meat are
very dnll. weak and declining.
FLOUR.
Lay~Our friends should bear in mind
that the pr.ces here given m" usually for
sale. from iir., hands in round lota. liz
filling orders and for broken lots il i nee
rssary 10 charge an advance over these
ligurrs. 80
FLOUR.
The market i lltelra,. Very tr~ or
dcrs come in. and there Is scarcely any
thing doing in sales from :lr't hands.
Transactions, since our last ISSUE. cover
ing three days business will not, all told,
exceed four hundred barrel. per day.
Prices are weak and unsettled. Sales |
were 100 barrels XXX spring 81 20. 300 |
barrels on orders 81 G0a7; 1870 barrels
on orders SJCIG % (: 200 barrels city 81 80 |
az 80: 100 barrels 81 15GG so: l00bar-
rel- iaG % 200 barrels XXX spring |
~ 10: 100 barrels - 2TG6.
HAY.
Receipts are light but Warehouses are
all inll aud there is none selling, except
in very small order way. Prices are
nominal The only sale we have 10 re-
port from first hands Is car choice Tim
othy delivered ST..
CORN.
The market is dull but prices are M
changed. The demand is small but re-
ceipis are light, and there is no present
| prospect for decline in figures. We note
sales ot cars mixed in sacks delivered
lie: ear rejected mixed, in bulk on
track G6c; cars white in sacks delivered
19GS0c: Jr;u- white In sacks delivered
soc.
OATS.
The supply Offering i, not large, but
! there j. no demand at all. Prices hold
! firm ut previous quotations. We note
sales Of ear in sack, delivered CSC:
ear. in bull; on track 5jc.
MEAL.
The market Is very dull and prices on
country meal are weak, and tending
downward. City meal i, quoted in de-
mand at lO6l5c higher than country.
We note sales Of 100 barrels country steam
dried, SO 60 100 barrels country steam
dried, delivered, 50 GOES G5; 800 barrels
city steam dried delivered. 80 1oG3 -.
BRAN.
Plenty offering and no buyers. Prices
are nominally unchanged. The mill,
hold at Sl6Gl7 IN filling orders. We note
sales OF car in sacks delivered, SIG.
BUTTER.
The market Is overstocked and very
quiet. All on hand is becoming dam
aged by the hot weather. Sales are slow
! ut 20 cents for the choicest and freshest
receipts of Northern. and IL cents for
! Southern Illinois. We note sales of 200
pounds Southern Illinois, l5c; 800 pounds
choice Northern, lS92Oc: 200 pounds
southern Illinois, l29l3c; 100 pounds
choice Southern Illinois, l5G@lGc; 200
lbs. choice Southern H.. lsc; package
good Northern, DE; packages choice
South N Illinois, lJG / tubs choice
| Northern zoe.
EGGS.
| The market i bare and demand active.
! Receipts are all taken ut quotations, and
! fall short of the demand. We note sales
of 800 dozen, l2l@l3c POO dozen, l2lc;
100 dozen. | &c ; 100 dozen, lie.
CHICKENS.
Their IL no surplus on the market.
Prices are lirmcr on poultry than on any
other article been no variation Tor sew
eaal weeks. Young chickens are in good
demand and scarce. We note sales o..
50 dozen young S2(a2 80; 10 dozen
Young 81 75G2 90: coops old hens
So 25Gs3 80.
FRUIT.
berries are in good demand and scarce.
Prices are firm and tending upward. Re-
ceipts are too light for the wants OF the
market. Lemons are quiet and easy
since the Fourth. We note sales OF ~