The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-15

'Hangeu.
There Is no change to note in the Hour |
market. Common and medium grades |
are scare and in good demand. Prices |
are unchanged. Choice grades are in
good supply, with only a moderate de.
mand.
Hay is in good supply, with receipts |
equal to the demand. There is a surplus |
OF common in the hands of dealers and il |
is difficult TO work of. Choice and me-
dunn are more active, and receipts are
about equal to the wants Of the trade.
Corn lie dull and slow sale. There is
very little in the market. though suffi-
Gent to supply all inquiry.
Oats are in light supply with moder-
ately active demand. Good heavy oats
sell readily at quotations.
Meal is quiet. Country is scarce and
limited quantity would sell readily at
prices previously quoted.
Bran is quiet with only a moderate
supply on hand,
There Is an abundance of common and
inferior butter in the hands of commits
sion men, and it is hard to dispose of at
any price. Strictly choice butter is
scarec.and wanted. Eggs are scarce, and
wanted at quotations.
The market il entirely bare of pota-
toes. They are wanted and will sell at
good prices.
Poultry is plenty and slow sale.
Small, poor chickens are not wanted.
Good tat old hens will sell at So. Tur-
keys are plenty though not in abun.l-
| ance.
Dressed meats, canyased and in good
| condition, sell readily on arrival. Care
| should be taken to ship nothing but good
clean meat, az rough and badly dressed
is hard TO sell.
Onions are scarce ana wanted at 50 80
@93 90. There are very few on the
market.
Apples are i'm moderate demand at
former quotations. A few barrels of
dried apples would sell on arrival at ia
5lc per pound.
MARKET.
EsJ-Our friends should bear in mind
that the prices here given are only for
sales from first hands in round lots. In
filling orders land for broken lots it is
necessary TO charge an advance over
these figures. --asa
FLOUR.
Low and medium grades are scarce
and in good demand. Choice is In
moderate supply and fair demand.
Sales reported were 300 bbls various
grades, 81 50@6 rs; 200 bbls, verous
grades, 81 j067 90; 100 bbls, various
grades, 81 5097 co; 100 bbls, various
grades, 81 20(aG 80; il5 various grades,
81 SOFAS 80.
Common and interior is plenty and
dull sale. Strictly choice is in fair de-
mand. Sales were cars, mixed, So sea-
Sl0; car, choice timothy, $l2; 2 cars.
prime timothy, Sll; car, choice mixed,
$40; car, common mixed, 50; ! car,
choice mixed. $ll.
CORN.
There is very little in market but sufti.
cient to supply all called for. | car
white, in sacks, sold at 45c.
OATS.
The supply OF oats is light with a mod.
.t..lx, =
easily disposed Of Sales reported: .
cars, Central Illinois, in bulk, 34c: 3 cars,
Southern Illinois in bulk, &c., 200 sacks,
white, 42c; car, Northern Illinois. in
bulk, SIC.
MEAL.
Country meal scarce. A limited guam
tity would sell at quotations. There is
very little coming into market. City is
firm at quotations. The supply is light.
225 bbls., city meal sold AT 81 20. No
sales of country reported.
BRAN.
No sales were reported. The supply
in hand is limited.
i
Choice butter is in good demand at
fair prices. There is a large stock OF
common and inferior on the market, and
it is difficult to dispose of. Sales report
ed were 500 lbs roll, 20@23c; 10 tubs
Southern Illinois, 20(a22c; 300 lbs Cen
trail Illinois, 23c; 6packages, solid packed,
Northern, 2I@2jc; 5 packages Southern
Illinois, Use; 200 lbs choice Southern Iii.
nois roll, 25c; package northern roll,
22c; box northern roll, 22c; tub north
ern packed, strong, lSc; ? packages roll,
Ice.
POTATOES.
Potatoes are very scarce, aud the de-
mand for them is urgent. Good potatoes
will sell on arrival at 81 50t93 per barrel.
No sales were reported.
EGGS.
Eggs are wanted. Prices are good.
There are very few in the market. Sales
reported were 10 cases, 23c; 2 cases,
22623c.
POULTRY.
Poultry is plenty and dun Chickens,
unless choice, are hard to dispose of
Good Stat old hens will sell for So co.
Sales were boxes dressed poultry
81 80; ! box 81 40; coops live chick
ems, So 2J@2 80; ! coop turkeys, 50 90: