The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-01-01

DOmestsc MarkctS.
NEW YORK, December 3l-Evening- re-
cepts 9435 bbls the market is slightly in buyers f-
yOr and more doing, chiefly low grades for export
sales 10,3S0 bbls; Superine Western and Stale at
% q 50; extra Western and State at 80 "a 40
choice do at As a 5 80; White Wheat Western ex-
ira at 95 q o.; Fancy at O5 a 75 extra Ohio at
30 g IS; extra st Louis at 25 @ 90 Patent Min
nesota extra good to prime at rs q %; choice to
double extra at 30 @ co. including 1000 bbls ship
ping extra at 90 q 80; 1900 bbls city extra chiefly
at 500 q 25 also sales 1900 extra Milwaukee to ar
rive soon at 30; 5000 bbs good extra Western all OF
Jantary delivery at 90; the market closing rather
more steady for shipping grades: Southern -four at
meal heavy at 3 Is a 90. Wheat-receipts of SC,
400 bush; the market is q &c better, irregular and
unsettled with very export demand and moderate
home trade INQUIRY; sales. 2s50O0 bush, part last
evening; 99c @ O5 for rejected Spring; 99c q Is
for graded Sprng;1 OF in store for No Chicago O4
for insPected no grade Spring OS; inspected seller
in store and afoat at 10 q 2O1; Mixed Spring at
"a two car loads No Chicago in store offered af-
ser%araS az s - Without no buyers; 80 80 for No
ly; 124 a 26 for No2 Milwaukee. Rye is quiet.
Barley is unchanged and more active; No Bay at
1 20. Barley Malt is qniet and unchanged. Com
receipts 1854 busb the market is less active and
about 1c lower; sales $4,000 SUsh 60c for grade
Mixed Western sc q 674c for graded Mixed, closing
663c bid &c rsked; 65 a 651c for White South
ern; zoe for graded old Mixed Western; ungraded
old Mixed Western re bid; 73A q 1850 asked. Oats
fair business; sales $4,000 bush "A q 49c for Mixed
Western and State; including rejected Chicago at 40
q Acc; No Chicago at AZ a 47lc As a so for White
Western and State Hay is unchanged at so for ship
ping. Cofee-Rio quiet and nominal cargoes at 16a
g istc gold iSa q 2o!c gold for job lots Sugar is
prime; refined is unchanged at 10 a 10sc for stand
ard A; 103c for powdered and graduated; 1OSc for
crushed Molasses quiet and unchanged at 80 q Coo.
Rice is unchanged with light demand. Petroleum is
hrmer and quiet; crude at q; refined at 13s g
1890 seller JAM cases at II q 193c; Naptba at 81 q
BIC. Tallow is firm at 10. Naval Stores-Rosn dull
at 65 @ IS. Turpentine unchanged at 374c. Pork
is dull at ~ 10 SPOT: $50 bbS check
up at 20 S. 500 bbls seller March at 20 To- Dressed
Hogs dull at 81 for Western: Beet is quiet. Cut
Western long clears l0a q 1T for city long clear $50
boxes city long clear at II q III. Lard firm 1000
at do ssr 40 at Is
1000 do seller March at ID 3-16 a 133.
Freights to Lverpool-market steady.
CHICAGO, December 81 Flour is nominal Wheat
is active, firm and higher the market closed with
continued upward tendency; No Spring Oh; No 2
Spring at $3.50 spot 965c seller for January CSC for
seller February; No Spring at &c., rejected at 65
No Mixed at 533c bid spot; 43c seller February
rejected old 4Oc; new 35c. Oats quiet and firm
So4c on spot and seller for January 34 343c seller
May. Rye irmer at 81 a 673c Barley is in fair de-
mand and firm at size spot; soc seller for Jan.
Pork is in light demand and holders firm at 10 10 on
the spot; 10 371 seller for February. Lard is in
light demand and holders firm at IL is q ~ III on
the spot II So seller February IL so seller for March,
&c; clear rib and clear sides 1Ol. Whiskey at o.
Receipts-S,OO0 bbls flour, $4,000 bush wheat, 3d.
600 bush corn, 81 200 bush oats 5000 bush barley
Shipments-10.O0O bbls -four, 45 900 bush wheat "a
goo bush corn, 5000 bush oats, $4,000 oust barley
200 bush rye.
TOLEDO December 31.-Flour is in fair demand.
Wheat is tirmer and held higher; No White Michi-
gan 25 Amber Michigan 191; seller for February
at %; No Red Winter on spot and seller Janua-
ry at 81 Corn is inactive; high Mixed at Sc; new
at 47sc seller January 46sc; grade 42c. Oats
nominal. Glover Seed steady at 35
Receipts-0,0O0 bbs -four; 10 900 bush Wheat, 600
bush Corn, 5000 bush Oats.
Shipments-4O0 bbls -four 900 bush Wheat, 15,-
900 bush Corn, 1000 bush Oats.
MILWAUKEE, December 31.-Flour is quiet and
unchanged: Wheat is firm; No 1 Milwaukee Spring
January at 99lc; seller February at OOsc; No Mil
waukee S23c. Corn is steady; No at 4Sc Oats are
firmer and held higher; No at 313c. Barley is de-
do at 55c. Rye scarce and frmer; No at CSC. Pro-
visions are quiet but firm. Mess Pork at Is 80 a
70 90. Prime Lard 12k q 12s Sweet Picked Hams
loose; mddles at 10 a lO3 boxed. Dressed Hogs are
steady and in fair demand at Z IS.
Receipts 900 bblsshour, 10000 bush wheat, o.
900 corn 10000 bush oats 900 bush barley $1,000 bush
rye.
Shipments-4OOO bbs -four. 5000 bush wheat, 600
bush corn,0,0 bush oats, 5000 bush rye.
ST LOUIS, December 31.-Flour is dull and
scarcely anything doing. Snperfne Fall 500 rs;
extra Fall at 70 q %; double extra do IS q Isl
ye No Red P 10 aa bid casb ana seer
Jan; No Red Fall at &c. Corn steady and in good
demand; No Mixed 37k q 37ac cash and seller JAM
uaty. Oats scarce and firm; No at sac bid for
cash 33l q 33lc seller Ian. Rye quiet; No at csc
bid. Barley is quiet.
Receipts-3OO0 bbls flour, 1900 bush wheat, "a 900
bush corn, 1000 bush oats, $500 bush barley, OO0O
bush rye, 1900 hogs, 416 CATTLE
NEW YORK December 31.-Cottoni 1t dull ;Middling
uplands ISL
SAVANNAH, December 31.-Cotton dull; Middling
uplauds IL 13-16c
NEW ORLEANS, December 3I.-Cotton is quiet
Middling uplands 123c.
MOBILE, Dec. 31.-Cotton quiet; Middling uplands
12ic.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 31.-Cotton steady; Middling
uplands 125 a 13c.