Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-20

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The market has been active all during the
week, snd prices have been steadily advancing.
s!JUc is &c higher al around, with q fair stock
Of. hand. Wheat is active and finn, with gooo
receipts; offerings of $3.50 bushels. with sales al
3)ali0, as to quality. Cora is slightly OFT since
Yesterday, but is active, and 800 bushels sold at
u for new and G5, u and G5 for old, as to quail
ny. Rye,.oady ut TO. No sales Of Oats report
81. Country produce IN demand at quotations.
RICHMOND MARKET, Oct. i9.-The market is
quiet generally, with fair enquiry tor Grain.
sales of Whea. at l3Oal40 for prime to choice
white and red. Sales OF Corn (white) at oos6o,
sad mixed at 5la66 for prime. Oats 3Sa4O. Moth
.ng doing in Rye
lyNGHBURa MARKET, Oct. l9.-The market
!. without special change. Wheat llU4!2o Tor
lar to prime white, and llO,l2O for do. red.
Corn Cats for white and 55a5, tor yellow; kye
"a 5; Oats 3js3,.
FREDERICKSBURG. MARKET, octr: lo.-The
.nalkc. is quiet and unchanged. Wheat ilus
Is; Corn 45a4j; Rye 50a52; Oats :'0ao2.
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET.-
Suggestive have no further transactions TO
no,e in Sugars, bat with very light stocks the
quote as follows:
Cubs, grocery grades .! .:
Cuba, centrltugai..............,. 1"
Porto Rico, grocery grades........".. VI ~
Eng. Island, fair TO good rehning.. ~ "a
Ucmorara vacuum pan. .............. y! loi
Co1ca--The unsettled condition OF the golo
premium and the very limited stock IN the
bands Of importers keep the lnaTka: very qalel.
The jobbing trade has also been checked by the
advance in gold. There is, however, good
demand for supplies both from the West and
from the local trade We note jobbing sales 10.
hay Of lHlm bags " quotations. we quote AZ
follows:
lob o;: Ordinary .................. IL. ld7
Far Observation-Disclosures. lo4 JSt
Npui ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~ q w
Frame ............................ 10 i">
thoice 10 !aDry~............... AZ n =.
ti:'lA, ~ days.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET. Sept r. u -
The supply OF Cattle this week was fully equal
10 the dclrsn4, and prices have fallen on
.hade; prices ranged from 10 &c pes pound Tor
cattle, ind 4aGe for Calves. Sheep and lambs
we're in light receipt, and prices rsmain i'm.
changed. Sheep sold at 4a5!c per pound. and
Lambs at 3aS4 - per head. Hogs are Coming
IN moro freely. and sell At Sass 50 per 100 lbs:
tows and Calves are 10 better demand, End
!Esecs have advanced sales At 3oaSa1.
NEw loRK CATTLE MARE rr. October 10. =
Eeeyeskeceipts 1892 head. Among the o1er-
Ihgs were humber OF carloads Oh strictly pI!me
sud extra Steers, but there WAS also consider
ABLE number OF very poor Cattle, aud tho aver
sge WAS not better than medium. The market
opened with All extremely dull feeling, and con-
cc$sIons equal to &c per 10, and in someinstances
&c per 10, were necessary TO eltect sales The
supply WAS too large for tho demand, even AT
The reduced prices, and probably 40 carloads
Felnslncd unsold III the pehs when the market
closed 4 few very fine Steers were sold at 10!
dressed, and part OF carload st lie, but lOc per
10 wss the outside sgure i1r prime, while some
~ the conmonest native Steers went as low IS
*, and ordinary Texas Csttlc at ,ilc.
Calves Receipts G713 head. Sales were rather
SLOW, but prices were fairly maintained. Coarse
10 prime veals ranged from sc to Zoe per ID, with
choicest selling At To-. Grsssers and buttermilk
caves were selling at ;'aS9 Is per head.
cheep and Lambs-Kcceipts S75l hea /. Sheep
we've quiet at 1sG1c por 10. Lambs were dull
and lower, with slow sales at 6atSc per 10 for
T ,o.t, to very good Prime and extra Lambs
might, possibly, have been sold ut 6ss.c.
hogs-Receipts $3.50 head. Market weak.
None sold alive Dressed Hcgs slow at 7tsSsc
per pound.
NH!cAGo CATTLE MARKET. Octr. 10 Cattle
'eee'pts 400; shipments 2A}0i market rsther
-I'Fe a>.lve, hut being ovorstocked prices are q
sasde lower for all grades; Texan to fair Colo
Isao and common Steers 2JaSa; no sales out
sue these figures. Hogs-receip,s l4,Co; ship
,"e,ts SUI; market rather excited, and prices
tVAioe higher; closed easier; common - fair
U'osS' ~; good to choice CASE 10; extra assert
"a 2o,SG 80. Sheep-receipls 1850; market ac
ave- Urn and unchanged.
,HkoRuEIowN CATTLE MARKET, Ocrr. 10
40 offerings OF Beet Cattle this week reached
a'oI! go head, some 10 of which were taken
NJ Prices ranging from 3s5, per To- Tho market
VA, was quiet and inclined to dullness Of l,W'
nu.sp and Lambs offered abou! Co were takeI
, Moe per 10 for old Sheep, and 2aSi % pc
r "esd Tor Lambs. Sales OF a few Cows ant
O""eS ri ooaSGi, with fair demand
NiN,iEEATI Hoo MARKET Ocrr. i4-hcg
"''A Or heavy, moderate demand for light
,SStAMon light 90as5 Is; fair 10 good light 5;
co. do. heavy 25aS5 50; receipts ;O35
shipments l123.
bHE>S TRIM MlNGS-We have a larg
ASSOC tment of Dress Trimmings, consistn
=" Fart Of silk and Worsted Frlngss, herculs
lads, AJAX Laces Dress and Small Trim nj in