The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-20


rope nc per ID; No. 0OO At lUhc anu NO. 6UO ut
w G per dozen.
DRIED FRUITS - The market remains
steady and quiet, with no material variation.
Domestic fruit Is quotel 3a4c for apples and
lOalgc for peaches per b Foreign frui s az
worth 23a2c for citrOn, 9al2c for hgs, 71sasc for
currants aud 6a7c for prunes per ID, AMI layer
ralsins are quoted 81 s0al 0J per box.
EGGS-Have been quiet all the week with
liberal receipts and very little demand beyOn
what was needed for local con ,umption. Fresh
arr walls selling at llal2c per dozen.
FEAll ERS-Ihcre IS quiet and steady
market and offerings are liberal with prime
live geese selling AZ 4jc per Id, on arrival.
FISH-There was fair demand this week
and the market closes Irm at previous prices.
We quote: MacEereI, No. large,
$24a25; NO. shore, SlS 50al9; No. large,
$ll 0Oal 80; No. medium. 50 5OalO 90; No. 3
large, 80 c0alO OO; No. 3 medium, IS OJaS 80
per bril- and half-barreis one half these prices,
with 25c extra for packages. White fish, S5a
8 81, and lake herring, S2a2 q per half bar
rel. Sardines: half-boXes, $22a2S: do quarter
boxes. $l4 OOal5 per case; goldfish. 5aGc per ID.
GREEN FRUllS-There is steady marHet
for apples with liberal offerings and demand
moderate at 81 75a2 for prime to choice, ana
lower qualities quoted $lal 20 per brl. Gran
berries are worm 50 5Jal0 80 per brl aud modcr-
ate demand. Wequote $4aj per box for lemons
and S3a4 for oranges.
GUNPOW DER Moderate demand and
steady at previous prices. We quote IS l5a6 Is
for rifle, and So 26a3 70 for blasting powder per
key.
HAY-Mode"ate demand and market steady.
We quote No. timothy 70 5UalU 5O per ton ON
arrival. Inferior grades are duh at $iaS for
common, and SS 5Oa9 for medium per ton on at
rival. In store dealers asking 81 more per ton.
HEMP--Rough. Kentucky is held at $1l5al20
per ton on arrival with light offerings and dull.
W quote dressed Sa9kc per Id with moderate
jobbiug demand. .-.
HIDES Continue steady and there is fair
dom nd " hpe IN pha
prices. We quote 6aa71sc for green hides, 8
a9c Tor wet sailed, and l5al7c for dry sailed
and flint per Id. Sheep pclts sell at 6JcaSl for
good to DrlmS.
HOPS-There is steady but very quiet mar
ket, with large offerings, and we quote them Il
a2Oc per Id for best qualities ..
IRON, &c.-The market has continued steady
but quiet. There was but moderate demand
for both pig iron, and malleable was rather
slow. The oh9rings, however, are not excess
sive and there is no material change in
prices. We quote as follows at four
months time for pig iron: Charcoal, hot
blast-H. r., NO. /, S24a2S 81; No. :, $22a23: do
mil, $21a22; Raw-coal and coke---No. /, S23a25;
No. 2, $21a22; Mill, $20a21: IL. H.. car wheel,
$33a4O; Alabama do. $34a36: Georgia and Ten
nessee do, S29a30: salisbury do, $40. Old car
wheels, S2l per ton. scrap lron-W rought, per
lO0 lbs, 95c, ana cast ha2lc per lb. Bar IRON
BoileC, axe: do charcoal, BIC. Sheet iron
Boiled, 3Aa4Zc; do charcoal. S&a5Hc. and
Russia l4aI6c per h. Horse-Shoes, IS x5a5 50,
and mules shoes ST 25a6 50per keg
. LEAD-Is quiet but steady and we quote Ia
7acfor pig, 7zaShc for bar, SC for lead pipe,
and 9&a91ac for sheet lead per lb.
LEAfHER-1here was only moderate job
bng demand, but the market rules steady with
no material change. We quote: Oak sole ga
a1c, hemlock do 24a33c, harness 3Oa34c, rough do
25al9c, skrting 36a39c, American kip 45aS5c,
French do $lal 4O, American calf 9UcaSl 15
French 10 81 6ya2 per Id; bride leather S45aj5
per doz, and upper leather l7a2Oc per foot.
LIME, ETos-'Lime is in moderate demand at
gOca$l per brl; cement quiet aud steady at 81 rs
al S5 per brl, and plaster selling at 81 50a2 25
per brl. ....
MILL FEED-The market Is steady for all
articles and liberal offerings at previous
prices. Bran is in moderate de-
lected and quoted $1la15 per ton. Middlngs
held at Sl7a@l per ton and quiet, all on arrival,
and 81 more in store
MOLASSES-New Orleans syrup is steady
with moderatedemand and good to choice
at 5Ja57c per gallon. Refined syrups are rang
ing 45a9Oc per gallon, according TO quality.
Sorghum quiet at 26a35c for good to choice per
gallon. -.-..,r.
NAILS-There is steady market, with
moderate demand and no material change.
We quote 81 S0a2 80 per keg for 10 to G0d, and
other sizes at pr0p0rtionate prices.
NAVAL -STORES-There is fair demand
for all articles, with liberal offerings, and the
market rules easy, but with no material varl-
IS UUaj 81; No. pale, Aa4 30: No. ordinary,
50 0Ua8 so, and No. 2 81 60a2 81 per brl. Spirits
OF turpentine. 44a46c per gallon.
NUrS-The receipts are heavy, and the mar
ket is easy, for peanuts, with some decline IN
prices, and we quote them 4a5c for white, and
2a3hc for red, per lb. We quote lSa2Oc for al
mOnds, 12al5c for white walnuts. llal2c for
Brazil nuts, llal3c for Glberts, and case for
pecans, per pound. '.. f' 'ft
OILS-Linseed is steady and quiet at 65a
p Extra
light demand and easy at S5aSsc per gallon
Refined petroleum is quiet at 14a16c per gall
Ion.
POTAToEs-Marketq quiet and steady, with
good supply and moderate demand, and selling
at SOca$l per bu, loose, according to quaIty on
arrival. Held in store at 81 0Ual IL per bu,
loose, and IS 0oa3 80 per brl, packed.
POULTRY-There has been fair dem and
for chickens with light receipts, and the mar
ket closes firm at 80 75a4 80 per dozen for good
to choice live. Turkeys are in moderate de-
mand at l2al3c per 10 for dressed, and 9al0c
for live. Live geese are quoted u 5Oa4 5O per
dozen.
RAGS Steady and fair demand, with lib
eral receipts, We quote &c for No. white cot
ton, &c for No. 2, and 2ha2Zc lor mixed cotton
per ID. Woolen rags are worth 6Halc for line :,
and Xa1cper lb for coarse.
RICE-Moderate demand. but steady at 6a1c
for Carolina. and 5% a6c for Louisiana.
SALT-Turk's Island dull at 33a35c per bu.
Liverpool coarse is held 81 lOa1 20 per sack.
Moderate demand for ONO River and kanawha
with full supply and Offering at 81 10al 10 per
brl Of 2SO lbs, and iSc per bu.
SEED-Moderate demand for timothy at
81 70al 80 per bu in store and ample offerings.
JoDDng sales of clover nstore at l5Aal5Iac per
lb. FLAX Is worth 81 35al SO per Du.
SHOr-The demand is only moderate, but
the market iemain steady at previous rlces.
We quote 3Ua3lc for buckshot, and 27aGSc ior
assorted per Id. ...-.
SOAP-Is in fair demand and steady, with
no material change. German is quoted 614a
6Xc, olive 6a61Sc, and family 4Ia5Ac per lb.
SrARCH-Demand fair and quoted 4a41aC
for prime pearl, aud Ta71ac per Id lor gloss and
pulVerized.
SUGAR-Quiet and easy, with only mod
crate cousumptipe demand. New Orleans is
quoted 8haal0G for raw and lOZallc for clarl-
fed. Refined sugars are quottd 10al0Ic Tor
yellow, l04allC fol- extra "C', llall1ac for "a"
white, Ii Ial2c for granulaCed, 12Aai2lac for
powdered anu crushed, and l234c for cut
loaf, per lb.
TALLOW-Tne demand is fair, with liberal
receipts, and we quote 14c loose Tor city, and
TMC packed perlb for country rendered.
TLA-Conunues steady, with fatr consump-
tive demand and no material change in prices.
We quote: Black-OOlong 3OaS c. Suuchong 4Ja
gUc, Green-Hyson 3,a%Ic, Young Hvson 35ca
VI. Imperial 81 ~, and Gunpowder 5UcaSl ~
per lb.
TIMERS STOCK-The market is quiet,
there beng but IA moIeraCe demand No essen
tial Chauge III prices. We quote: Zinc slab,
per 10, Sao1ac sneet. ga aloe; block TIN, 23a29c
copper ingots, zoe; lotions, 33c; braziers'
sheet, 32c; tin-plate QX), per box, $ll 5Jal2 81;