Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-02

CLOVER SEED......... ........ IL on @ 100
Timothy ......... $1,000. ......... 800 q 8 25i
PLASTER, ground, per ton. on g 900
Ground, in bags or bbls... I w @ U w
Ground, in bags, retd... on 0 600
Lump ...... ..........-.. 8 so q 90
'AI Fine y, a. .n'vsrpoo ..:.. : GO "a 20
Turks Island ...... 600 "a 04O
WOOL, long unwashed. 1850. ~ @ y ~
Washed ........................ oo g 81
Merino unWashed .......... 10 y ~
Do WaShcd..".. ......."".... 81 Gp 90
SU AZ .".. w w -
II "A 10 w w ~ w
The market closes dull and dropping. Flour
is in light receipt and prices barely hold at
quotations, with demand limited. Wheat Is Oft
2a3c since last report III consequence of similar
decline elsewhere sales to-day of $50 bushels st
lS5, 143, IDS and 14G for fair to good red Corn
is also dull, and the highest price brought on
Change to-day was IS, though we hear of a sale
on private terms after hours at Sc; sales of 1860
bushels at "a and IS for mixed md yellow. A
small lot of Rye was offered but not taken. The
total offerings for the week were: Wheat 4l5l
Corn II l96 and Rye and Oats l6S bushels.
Country Produce is dull, and Butter and Eggs
are declining Wool is unsettled, and prices
have downward tendency; the quotations
unchanged.
RICHMOND MARKET, June 1.-The market for
Wheat is quiet and unchanged, with small sales
of white AZ l57sl5S. and red at l50al5S Corn
WAS more active, and the supply was below the
s.les were at Sass for white and mixed. Sales
of Spring Oats III soc Nothing doing in Rye
LYNcuBURa MARKET June 1.-The market
- Hhopc
viz: Wheat l25a150 for white, and ll0al3O for
red Corn 57a6O; Rye 75sS0; Oats 1880.
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET, June 1.-The
market is very quiet and quotations nomlnally
unchanged, WIS Wheat lbs .l50 for white and
red Corn 55a56; Rye 75seO, and Oats 45a5O.
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET
Sugars-The market for raw goods continues
ID uiet no sales whatever being made to-day, but
with very light stocks we report 1t steady and
firm all round, and we still quote as follows:
Cuba, grocery grades....-..... 81
Cuba, centrifugal ............. 8
Porto RICO, grocery grades:.....;..:......" %
English Isl and, fair to good refining. IS a Is
Demersra vacuum psn- ...;......-......... 81 %
New Orleans, grocery grade s......... a
Cotee-We are again without transactions to
note in Coffee, and we still write the market
dull and heavy, though in the absence of trans
actions PRICES are without quot.ble change.
The Rio telegram to-day reports the market
there dull, with prices lower. which tends to
still further dopress The market here. We re-
peat quotations, though these figures cannot be
realized, viz:
dob lots-Ordnary. .........-...... lot l01
Fair OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. III ia
Good........ ......... la 10
Prime ................"......... Isl ls2
Choice TO fancy......~... ~
Gold, ~ days.)
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET. June q
The market this week WAS generally active, and
tho.vtierings OF stock OF all kinds was good
Cattle ranged from 4 40, and Calves 4sG3c as to
quality. sheep and Lambs are in good receipt
and meet with ready sales ut 4.53c for the for
mer, and Bass per head for the latter. The
butchers report the Lambs in better condition
than heretofore Hogs are dull and declining
and sell at 9sS0 per 100 lbs. Cows and Calves
quiet at 25aS50
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. June L.
!Beeves-keceipts 1868 head The demand WAS
u tSil, better than for several prov ious markets.
anG most Of the offerings changed hands at an
advance of nearly 81 per head. Very choice
Steers Of l4G0alI5) lbs were sold at 10. .lOSc per
10 dressed: medium to very good do. II 50 lbs to
1870 lbs at 9talO4c; common at &c, and fat Bulls
al 4a44c per ID, live weight
Calves-Receipts 707 head. Prices were low
enough, but about &c per ID higher than on
Monday or Wednesday, and the receipts were
nearly closed out at noon. Very choice State
5aG.c and fair buttermlk Calves at 3ta54c per
10; mixed lots at 4ta42c
sheep and LsmbS-Recelpts 1895 head. There
WAS but little change in prices, but buyers were
more willing to operate, and the feeling was
trihe better. A few extra clipped Sheep were
sold At &c per ID, but ct; WAS the top figure for
very good lots, and some of the commonest
went rs low as 4tc per ID. Poor to good Lambs
ranged from 6s9c per ID; prime and extra Jor,
sey Lambs went at 1Oal2c carload of ordinary
unshorn Michigan Sheep sold at GS', and two
cars of Colorado Sheep at TO and Sc per 100 lbs
respectively.
Hogs-Receipts 52l7 head A couple of car
loads of cornfed Ohio hogs. 1872 lbs average,
changed hands alive st St 933 per leo pounds.
Dressed Hogs were quiet Sic per ID.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. June l.-Cattle--
re, eipts 5000; shipments 4St0; market dull and
heavy; prices rather easier; medium to good
shipping 4.S4 20; best shipping 0,S5 70;
butchers 2 50sS4 Hogs-receipts l3 OO) ship
ments 1000; market moderately active; prices
DC lower, especially for heavy; common to
choice CAST 30 light t II. So 70; heavy packing
6aS6 10; shipping 10 $50 Is eheeo-receipts
200; sales of poor at 3aS4 Is; best 5OaS5 so.
GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET June L.
The offerings of Beef Cattle this week reached
only 1877, about lC0 of which were sold at prices
ranging from 3a54c per ID. There were 1900
Sheep and Lambs offered and sold 1T .54c per
ID for sheep, and 2aS4 per head for Lambs. A
few Cows and Calves sold at 2Oa$45
CINCINNATI Hoe MARKET. Juno l.-Hogs
steady and firm fair to good light 5 40 $50 IS !;
fair to good heavy S0sS6; receipts 1865; ship
ments 22O
PEST POISON OF the Kesrn.
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