, 1876-12-30
Withdrawn from store on Thnrsdhy for city
5,uo5 bu wAeut, 400 bu cora, 0u0

AhOrla10 IN tho uoR sHpplys NM WHEAT Wah
by rumoes from California to the Of.
feet that no rain has yet vlaicA the whcni growing
regions Of tAc Pacific slope. OTHER markets
STRENGTHENED In sympathy. There was not much !
denaud for present prodrct, nnh tho shipping |
was Light, with fair receipts for this
time OF tho yent. Tic present speculative tcnden-
cy OF Tho leading markets is believed to be 1argcly
duo 10 the fac. that capitalists have bccn unwilling
to make permanent investments 1nsinu tho ro.
ltleal uncertainty ami moro money than usual Is
at the comtAud Of produce dealers for Tint reason,
while not few Of the Of tic cash hAvc pre-
fcrred to put II Into produce trades raller than
lend Il 10 any On tl,ott time. Tho result
has hecn unusual activity especially lu wheat and
provisions.
There was some agitation Of the storage qucs-
ton yesterday. The warehouse men are nbout to
decide spon and advertise tho rates at which they
will sturo grnn during 1871 and Il Is understood
to be not improbable that reduction Will b. CT.
pected.
Dry goods wcro qlotcl quiet, with prices Grm
anu unchanged. Orders, as 1nlc. wcro fur small
amounts Just to "trcslen up" rtocss. The gro
Gerry market shows more uctisity than Is nsnailS
Witnessed at this particular scason Of tho yeaf stdc
goods a. we'll tho Raple articles being ordered
with fair libczalty. Prices generally steady.
Coffee was MI exception, tint article 6c!ng III
activo tcmand and advancing. Within tho present
week the price has heun moved M Sc, nnl
further adyancc seems Imminent. Teas, sugass, ;
atd slr,ps wctc ntso Armly held. There Ia
better inquiry for fruits than tho trade usually
expect at this stage OF the season. and prices Of
most tnes arc steadily maintained Fish woro
n,totcd t1ull and unchanged. Tho tendency In lake
lish IL upward. Butter aid chrcso Tetnaln nrm.
No changes wcro apparent In tho oil market Ex-
ccpting turpentfnc, which rculalfa weak and IN.
Rrtled, thsro Was steAdy set Of prices. Coal anl
wood ,yero drnl. Leather was III good demand at
tho late adyance.
Lumber remains quiet. Thu outside demand Is
limited, and tic local trudc OF lttlc consequence.
Prices arc STEADY, md there Is no prospect Of q
change at present. The wool. hon, and broom-
corn markets wero unchanacd, being very
quiet as usual at tho cloao Of the year.
llny was quiet, partly owing tn the In.
adequate supply Of frc!ght-cara which
prevented tho prompt filling of Eastern ortlcrs.
Sccds wcro generally lsn,er, bring III better dc.
manL. lolatpes continue luIct, and though The
receipts orc light, there IA ttlo Inquiry for cat.
lots, tho stock IN slorc generally being ample
Grutn fruits wcrc unchanged. Poultry WIS in fair
demand md firm.
Rail freghts were quiet mud unchanged, there
helng bnt nlolueate demand at tho adynncc1 quo.
tat[onz. Rates OF grain aro a0c por 100 bs to Now
York and all points between that city and Albany;
35c to Destop nnll common Now England points;
nc To riIisadeipl,a; anu 91c to Baltimore. They
on meats to New York,
TIE SITUATION IN cALlFoRNIA.
We make tho following extracts from luttcr
dated Dec. q. written by tho we'll knownJ. Fried.
lander, Ut San Francisco, to L. Z. Duncan, Of this
city:
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| FOREIGN IAronrArloNs.
| received at Chicago Custom. tIoute Dec. 70:
1srig:s Bro, 81 pkgs Becd; tiust Khcclstt caao
hardware; &. HiShwood, 9 casea oil. pa!asluga.
Amount Of duties collected 3l20.v:. ~:
PROVISIONS.
IIOu rRonuCrs-Wcra uvasn acsivc though the
volume OF transactions rGmtwlt less than that of
tho previous Jay and tho market stronger al g0ulL
under an urgent demand, Tho Eastern md forcIsr
,askcts stronger. IN synpathy with our Era.neA
Of tho previous dn5, nil hoya At tho Sockrlrds were
qu lied ncpry .01 higher. TIN supply being very fs
allnrt of tic demand. 1t wns expected that h1H re
ccIpta would be small during the holidays, hut man,
prope now entertain tic Ielof that tho supply Of tht
ncxt Two mouths Will lt smaller than h1 beoh cGuntcd
On "a sumo counties report that tvIr stocks arehd
exhausted, md few hogs aru going forward u othc
ponts than EAIEaSo Hence pFeA1nre to buy for III
turu delivery wu hsrc f. not much den,and for cas1
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