The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-01-12
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COMMERCIAL.
CAIRO. Ills. MoNpAY EVENING. I
January II, 1876.
We. IN this section. are passing through
the coolest spell Of Weather ever ex-
pcrienccd in this latitude. The tempera-
ture last Friday night changed suddenly
from 10 degrees above zero to fifteen be-
low, aud has held. with little variation,
from ) to 10 above for the last three days.
The Mississippi is a solid sheet of Ice
from Cairo TO ST. Louis.
The blockade, Ia. not, as yet,
effected the market ut this point
anylfn general forward move
mcnt may be- expected at any time.
Flour continues heavy and slow. with
large stock. Of choice and scarcity of
low and medium grades. Corn meal is
scarce aud active. Corn and oats rule
very quiet, and not very heavy stocks.
Butter AMI eggs are plenty and dun.
Poultry of all kinds j. scarce and wanted.
Receipts OF grain Tor the last three days
oat, I ears wheat.
TIE MARKET.
ro5hOur friends should bear in mind
that the prices here given are usually for
sale from first hand. in round lots. In
filling order. aud for broken lots it nee
essary to charge an advance over these
figures. -11a
FLOUR.
The market j. heavy and dull all round.
There !. very little demand for anything.
Low grade, are scarce and in some
demand. Choice i, plenty and
not wanted. We note sales 800
bbls, 81 1904 -: 800 bbl,. SijOtoI So;
300 bbls Xxx. 81 -; POO bb,, - 10 to
30; 900 bbls. 81 90 10 80; 52j bbls.
City MILL, 81 p to 6 80: 100 bbls. - 80
to 90: 100 bbl.. 81 30 70 50 ~: 800
bbls. - 20 to ) -.
HAY.
Receipts are light aud all kind, are
scarce. The demand for medium hay. at
about SIS DOOR 80 ~. /. active. with
very little offering. Sales were ? ears
mixed delivered. lis %: ! ear choice
mixed delivered. go %: | car choice
timothy delivered. 81 90: ear choice
| timothy delivered. SD %: car choice
mixed delivered. $50 80; 2 cars choice
mixed, $500: car ripe timothy deliy-
! cred. $40 %: , cars choice timothy dcliy-
! cred. 81 %: , car, choice timothy drliy-
cred. S2l %.
CORN.
There i. a good order but no shipping
demand. Prices in New Orleans are 80
low. that Spectators are of here. We
note sales a. follows: car No. white
in sacks delivered &c: q ear, rejected in
sack delivered 7ic: ear, No. white
in sack, delivered &c: car No. white
in bulk on track SOC; , cars No. 2 mixed
in sack, delivered 7Gc; 3 ear, No. .
white in light sack, delivered 1jc.
OATS.
The market hold, firm and unchanged.
but the demand j. very small and the
supply offering i, limited. Sales were
car No. mixed in sacks delivered. Gjc;
: ear No. mixed in sacks delivered. Gjc:
> ear, No. mixed in sacks delivered.
G5c; , cars No. black In sack, delivered.
| &c.
/ MEAL.
Receipts find ready sale at quotations.
There are no supplies on the market.
Price, are firm and unchanged. sales OF
| 2OO bbl- steam dried. 50 90: 100 hbls kiln
dried. - %: 300 bbls, City Mills, . -.
BRAN.
| The demand j. greater than the supply.
| Receipts are small and are all taken ON
/ arrival: sale, were ! car ia sacks, dclIy-
cred. $50 90: 80 sack, delivered, $50 90,
/ BUTTER.
/ There i a small Improvement in the
demand, with no change in prices. Stock,
/ of all kinds are very large. sale, were
/ 300 lbs choice yellow Northern roll. DE;
| 800 lb- choice white Northern roll, 23c;
/ POO lb, choice Southern Illinois roll, 2Oc;
- buckets Southern lllinoi, packed. 22c;
200 III, choice roll POO 2jc: o0lb> choice
! Northern roOl. be.
EGGS.
, The market i, oycr,toched. and the de-
/ mand j, almost nothing. We note sales
of 100 dozen 20@ 22c; 600 dozen zoe 300
dozen 2oa22.
POULTRY
There i a good demand for all kinds
of dressed poultry, and some inquiry for
! live. There i none of either in market.
| We note sale, Of 200 lbs. drc,-c turkeys
| l2ic: dozen dressed chickens - 500
3 0O; ! dozen dressed chickens - 506
3 -.
POTATOES.
The cold weather makes it little diff
cuh 10 handle potatoes. Choice peach
blows are in active demand at quota
tion,. sales 30 bbls choice peach blows
50 90; - bbls choice peach bloW,. = 90.
FRUIT
The demand for fruit, OF all kinds is
very small. Oranges are not wanted NJ
any price. We notc sales of 30 bbl>
choice apples. - %: 10 bblS common
apples. ~ 0Vd2 -; - bbls common Ia
choice. - % to 50 90
PROVISIONS.
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