The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-05

Domestic Markets.
NEW YORK. December 4-Evenng.--Cotton mark
ct quiet and steady sales $50 bales ordinary up
lands. Alabama, New Orleans and Texas 10 3-l6; or
binary stained 15-15; midding upands ~ l-16 do
Alabama at 10 3-16 do New Orleans and Texas at
l2A; do stained II 7-6; delivered contract 1900
bales; futures advanced q $780, part lost at close
Flour-receipt 184sS bbls; the market is shade
stronger manly on low and medium grades with
moderate export and home trade demand; sales of
1890 bbls; No at 3 so q 50; Superfne Western
and State at 90 35 extra Western and State at
As q 55; good to choice Western and State at so
@ 90; White Wheat Western extra at IS g 6 80;
Fancy White Wheat Western at 6 95 a co.; extra
Ohio at As a CO., extra st Louis at so a % Pa
tent Minnesota extra good to prime at 50 @ 30;
good to choice to double extra at IS a SO; South
ern at 45 q 75 Rye is -four is firm at 50 q 20
for superfine. Cornmeal firm at rs "a 30. Wheat
receipts bush; the market is about 1c better
advance asked and the extreme scarcity of freight
room materially checks the export demand sales of
for Mixed Spring; "a for No Chicago; / 81 "a 20
for No Milwaukee latter extreme;1 SO for No Mil
waukee; 26 q % for New York No Spring; 1 80
for old No Minnesota; 80 for Winter Red Wes-
tern ; 81 Winter Red Kansas; 1 30 tor choice I'M
graded Spring. called No Milwaukee for straight;
No Chicago at 80 bid. Rye is steady; 5000 bush
afoat 1900 bush Western to arrive in 10 IS days
at Sc Barley is without decided change 600 bush
No Canada at 0S; 10000 bush Western at 70. Bar
ley Malt is quiet and unchanged Corn-receipts of
43, 1865 bush the market is shade frmer with
moderate export and home trade inquiry sales &c.
900 bush; 53c for new understandable Mixed; 53ac
for new grade Mixed; 56c for new steamer Mixed;
SO a 60Ac for ungraded Western Mixed; Sole for
old graded Mixed 60e for graded No so q 60tc for
No Chicago; &c for Yellow Western; 5sic for MOI
White. Oas-recepts OF 30, S0Obush; the market is
quite firm and more dong sales OF $4,000 bush; "a
a 49c for Mixed Western and State; 80 a SOC for
White Western and State including rejected at 34c;
New York No 8 at 81 9 37sc; New York No White
tern at 81 q 4lc; White at 38 a 45c; Mixed State at
46 q 4se; White do at ~ q soc; Mixed and White
State together at &c e Rio very firm and in
q 20 gold for job lots. Sugar is quiet but firm at %
q 10ac for fair to good refining; 1O.c for prime;
fined quiet l1sc for standard A; Jig @ 12c for pow
dered; l2s q 145 for granulaed ia "a l3c for crush
ed. Moiasses Foreign grades quiet; New Orleans
in fair jobbng demand at 81 q SIC. Rice is steady
with moderate inquiry. Petroleum very firm and
in fair demand crude l34 refined at 26S spot; 261
seller December. Tallow is tirmer at 81 a s 7-16c.
Naval Sores-Rosin frmer at 80 q 2 40 for strain
ed. Turpentine firm at SOC for Spirits. Pork firm
and shade frmer; Mess at 16 S7a "a II 90; seller for
December at 16 5O seller February at l6 60 @ 16 IS.
Beef is quiet. Cut Meat-'Westerns quiet; short cut
hams 10s mddles quiet city long clear 8. Dressed
Hogs frmer at II q 7s for Western. Lard is firmer
December at 10 27a 10 30; seller January at 10 80
a 10 S7a; seller March at 10 574 Bntter-choice irm
other grades unchanged; IA q soc for Western; 20 q
35c for State. Whiskey quiet; sellers at 05.
Freghts to Liverpool-the market is firm; Cotton
per sail at 5-l6; do steam at 1882; Wheat per steam
at Sd Flour sail 3
OaIoAGo December 4.-Flour is frmer but not
quotaby higher, very firm and holders asking higher
rates; no sales. Wheat is excited and higher; mol
Chicago Spring at 10 q 20 NO Chicago Spring at
1 17s cash or seller December; 1888 seller January;
1 l9z seller February No 3EChicago Spring at 1 OS "a
oss rejected Chicago Spring at 95ac. Corn active.
seller December Age bid seller january 47sc Seller
May. Oats are fairly active and shade higher at 334
a 3fc cash; Sic seller December Bic seller for Jan
uary 34sc seller February Rye is strong and higher
at TIC. Barley is active, firm and higher at 67ac for
cash; 6slc seller for January. Pork IS active, trm
and higher at IL 90 cash; 16 20 q 16 22A seller Janu-
airy; Ii 40 "a IA ~ seller for February. Lard active
firm and hghe at So q 8 973 cash; 9 90 seller De-
cember; 10 90 seller January. Bulk Meats are steady
unchanged: shoulders at 81, sides at Sic.
Whiskey at 06.
Railroad freghts unchanged.
keeeipts-16,UDU bbls 1oui, II 600 bush wheat, IS,
600 bush corn, 33,Oo bush oats 1900 bush barley
$1,000 bush of rye.
600 bush corn $4,000 bush cats. 1000 'nsh harley,
1850 hssb rye
On the call of the board in the afternoon Wheat
higher at 175 q IS seller December; 10 asked for
Keller January. Corn q lc higher. Oats higher.
Provisions unchanged.
TOLEDO. December 4.-Flour is firm. Wheat is
in fair demand and higher; No White Wabas 90:
Mol White Michigan at So; Amber Michigan on
SPOT and seller for December and January at 81:
No Red Winter at 81 seller for December 1 3Ol;
jected 1 10; No 2 Amber Illinois 81. Corn quiet;
high Mixed new at 4sc; No at SOC; new at 47c No
White at a7G damaged r new wa at 4c rejected at Ssc
341; White held 40c; 393c bid Michigan 35!c. Clover
seed steady at 9 90 Hogs IS.
Receipts-S00 bbs -four $4,000 bush wheat, $4,000
bush Corn. 1000 bush Oats, 900 Barley.
Shipments bbs -four, $4,000 bush Wheat 49,
900 bush Corn, 400O bush Oats
DETROIT, December Flour firm and unchanged
Wheat is firm and higher; extra White Michigan
at Al bid milling 355 bid; No White Michigan
34k; milling q bid No Amber Michigan nom-
NAL Corn is steady; No Mixed at SIC. Oats are
steady; White 404c; Mixed at 3slc.
Receipts-1129 bbls flour, 3,791 bush wheat 1851
bush corn, 2O62 bush oats.
Shipments-50O bbls four 400 bush wheat, O0O
bush corn. 725 bush oats
Sr. LOUIS, December 4.-Flour-low and medium
grades in better demand; Full at 90 q so; extra
do so q rs; double extra do 90 a 81. Wheat is
slow; No Red Fall at l 2S bid cash; 80 seller for
December; 35a a S6i seller january; No 8 Red
Fail at 243 cash; 20 seller for January. Corn is
easie sales at 4lac seller for January; at 41c
Oats rmer; No Mixed at 32Ac bid cash sales at 1921
for December. Rye at 20 Tic Barley is quiet and
unchanged. Whiskey steady at 06. Pork firmer
at l6 20 on spot II 20 asked seller March; 16 rs bid
Michigan. Lard at 90. Bulk Meats firmer; shoul-
ders at &c: clear rib sides at &c. cear sides ST. Ba-
&c. clear sides 81 @ 80.
Receipts Dbls -four, $4,000 bush wheat, ST.
600 bush corn, 5,O0J bush oats, 5000 bush barley
5000 bush rye, 5000 head hogs, $50 head cattle.
MILWAUKEE,, December 4. Flour quiet and firm |
Wheat firm; No Milwaukee at 221; No Milwau- !
kee 1917; seller january 1873 seller for February
at 2ls; no Milwaukee at 10. Corn steady; No2 |
at 45c Oats are rmer and in good demand; No at |
Barley strong; No Spring at 76I az nc; No Spring
at 42a a 43c. Provisions are quiet and unchanged;
firmly held.
Receipts-75, 900 bbls 6our. As 900 busl wheat.
Shipments-10000 four A., 600 bush wheat
CINCINNATI December 4.-Pork is quiet and held |
Iemand and higher; steam rendered at 80 q 95; [
kettle do at 10 so az IL 70. Bulk Meats are quiet |
and steady shoulders at short lib sides at 81 clear
sides at 81. Bacon nomnal shoulders at II; clear
hull; common light at 90 a 90 fair to good light
IT. 40 rs: DSckinq grades at 60 "a 80: choice