Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-19

PLASTER, ground, per ton. w (g OC,
Ground, in bags or bb.s... on @ U w
Ground, in bags, retd.... W g o.
SALT, q. A. (LiverpooD.... Is g l25
FINE. ... 10 (O 1ot
Turks Island $500. ............ Q % q o.
WOOL unwashed 80 9 SO
Washed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. U az (9 U 20
SU MAJ .. ......... w W %
ia ......... 10 w (O ~ w
There is fair local demand for good Super,
Extra and Family brands of Flour, though
there is no change to note in prices. Wheat
HIS been steady I the week and closes firm at
quotations; sales to-day at IS for white, and
49,, lss, 40, IA, l4S, IDS and l41 for fair to
good r,d-no strictly prime is coming in. Corn
shows sslight decline since yesterday, and sold
t,-,iay At IA for white and 81 for mixed Rye is
quiet st IS. No Oats repor Jed. The total offer
ings of grain for the week were Wheat 4, 99?,
Corn Sc s, and Rye and Oats 80 bushels. But
Ter and Eggs are declining. Other articles un-
changed.
LYScHBURa MARKET May 18th receipts
Of Hrsin are very ,iyh,. Wheat nominsl at rs
and nominal At 5Ta'J oats 4Oal3.
RICHMOND MARKET, Nav 18-The offerings
Of grain have been very !igAt and the market
is dull, with smsI sales of .|heat a. las for
good. Sales Of Corn At 33a37 for good white.
Oats quiet, with small sales al Al.
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET, May lS-The
iket is yoty quiet and receipts so small rs
hardly TO warrant quotations Wheat l2lalo3
Tor fair 10 choice, Corn 5za53 Oats 43aoO and
Rye 1Oa75.
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE Market
>ugsis- We hear OF no movement III raw gu,
CARS. but we still report tho market steady and
urn or both refining and grocery grads, with
the stock here very hight. Prices are nominaly
unchanged, and we still quote rs follows =:
Cuba, grocery grades %
Cuba, centrifugal. s.
Porto Rico, gr, Gerry grades...". %
English Island, fair 10 I'D refining. Z n -
Dcmera y, vacuum pam NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 81 70
New Orleans, grocery grades. ........".... - -
O.. tlee--1 he mari ct is dull and weak and we
write prices fully 4c of again al round. We
&c The sale to- town buyer of An invoice Of
tho resale, to go West. OF l,!jG bags good do
OK "CAmpanero, s. at 17tc gold. The market
closes heavy, and We now quote AS follows, VIZ:
job l"ts-Ordinary ........."........ lot lo5
FAIR .. - ~
GOOD ....... u 10
Prime lo3 ~
CHOICE to fancy-.............. l9t -
Cola, co dsys.)
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET. May 80
The offerings If Cattle this week We're OF lair
qui!ity, and the supply equal to the deinau;
prices ranged from to tic. Calves sold at Z.
sheep are also in good receipt r1d prices ur-
changed; saleS at Al 10 Il for clipped, and few
wool Sheep brought63 The Lambs that are be-
ing sent in are generally OF an Inferior quallty,
and sell ut from 81 u So 70 per hesd; GOOD
Lambs are wanted at the latter figures. There
Is but little demand for Hos, and prices are on;
GALES At 9alO3. Cows and >alves are also dull
NJ - $50.
New YORK CATTLE MARKET, May 49,
ves-Becoipts 2 l55 head. The supply was
made up almost exclusively of native corE-fed
steers of medium To good quality. The demand
WAS moderate. and the mar .iet WAS tr ht weaker
than at the e 70 g on Monday-sume Of the sellers
reporting decline of Sc per h. and others re-
du' lion of abou. % per head. The buyers we're
disposed to rate prices much the same rs on Mon.
day, but admitted THAT they got moro quality for
tho same money. The transactions show that
good and prime steers were lower b SC por h.
while ordinary and medium cattle eli off abou.
- per head. The extreme range was 9lallc per
10 dressed with tair TO good selling ut 94al04c
Snd prime do ut l0i lie.
Calves-Receipls l I4l head Yesterdays
prices were fully sustained and large business
WAS recorded st it5c per ID for buttermilk. fed
caves End Sc per 10 for common to strictly
prlm" milk-lcd vesls fair to good lots generally
setg st 7.7$c.
Sheep and Ismbs-Receipts 764 head Prices
tell OF sbou, tc per ID, and the market closed
weaker ut taste rer ID for ordinary to good uI-
snCrn sheep, ant 6ia7!c FOR ordinary to prime
rhpped do, Spring lambs were selling fairly at
''l"1c per To- with few IT lac per 10.
, 1logs-"eceipts /. 7S9 head; none on sale alive
Dressed hogs were shade easier at 9t.9sc
per h.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. May 18.--Cattle
accepts t &C., market is glutted and very
lu1l; prlcrs weak; feeders and good shipping
steers, 45OaSl75; others nominal; shipments
"'W Hrgs-Reccipts, 1900; market mode
lAi" y active but prices weak; about cts lower;
>svs OF light 7O5< $40; packing. + 9laS7: %;
sInpp'ng, + 70 s. 20 sales chiefly l0aS7 Ia;
unchanged.
,IEoKGETowN CATTLE MARKET, May 49,
me offerings OF Beet Cattle this week reached
l." bead most Of which were sold vt prices rang
''E from 4 cts. per 10. There were GOO Sheep
S"u Lambs offered. with sales of Sheep 1T 4in5tc
per 10, and Lambs at 50a 81 per head. Sales Of
slew Cows and Calves at 25aS5O.
,ClSclNSAr1 HOG MARKET, May Is. 1876
uog> IN fair demand and easier common to
good light, t 35a$7; fair to good heavy, 7.lOs
40; receipts, l,2os; shipments, l.OG5
4 Ea~ CARD.-As my name WAS used with
TTut ny knowledge or consent for Keeper OF
Town Clock at Harlow's building, on Wednes-
tay night will here state have no desire to
"'ius pubic cttice of any kind.
my Il 1t K. G. ACTON.
q smoking TOBACCOS-Occiden High
d ~ lander, Bob White Westward Ho, Gravely,
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