, 1877-02-22

etng, paint, nnd tobncco markets thr chAngra wcro
few ani nnimrostant. Otis were 1noted inll. with
CARBON lard. lnreed, and trspentinc more or lcts
uuscts1c1. reduction In Tho price Of the latter
Of lc vas Tho only chan9r made In the quotations.
The lumber market was steady and moderately
active. the oncrs being prnclrsty from tho !nter.
or DrneA and chemicals wers steady. With few
ANAL exceptions, sn,I In fair demand The broom.
corn, hdp. and woo markets remain enrt. Hides
vera dnal and weak. This Eastern markets ara do.
pressed and dealers arc buying chiefly trom hand
to mouth. Tho hay mkfket Was again 1lfelees nt
recently cnrrtnt prices. Seeds were less active,
but generally steady. Green traits were quiet, ex.
ecpt oranges, which cobtnnc 10 sell rtailIty. The
otcslnga Of potatoes were faIr, and the market
slow and easy. except for peaehblows, which arc
qnoted 1t former prices. Poultry was fathes slow,
and Fatne was nnsa1abte.
Nait.frctthts were dnl1 and nomanatly unchanged,
Through to liverpool was quoted at &c per 100 M
on corn. 1@c on wheat, 900 m Meata, and 4l.24
pct hri on nonr. To London III rates were 7ac on
meats and 41.:i0 on dour.
Lake fretghts were tuactva at axe hid and 4t
asked for corn by sail 10 Dnfralo, 10 load in,mc.
dtatcly.
letter jnst received from Cheboygan, Mich,
near The Struts, says that tho leo Is breaking IN
and floating futo Lake Huron and that clear water
can already be seen for ten miles 10 tkc Westward.
The Strait. arc rti frozen ovce, hut Tho fact shat
Tho Ice Is breaking and moring at 40 early dste IL
eonaldered remarkable, and scarcely without 4
parallel, atleast IN l.ts years.
The Paris Echo Agrteoit estimates that the wants
or France arc we'll assured with no occasion for
imports. Al thu end OF january, 1877, consump.
t[rn nnl seed had absorbed ii: 600, 600 hcctottses
out Of The o. 600, 900 hectolitrcs grown In 1870,
and. reckoning on tho amount already consumrdo OF
the e!oek Of old wheat, there remain from GO, 99o..
coo to 10. eco. 900 htetoltrcs foe use M to Sept
I. 1S71s. against consumption of only 40, Ooo 900
10 Gu, coo, 900 hcetolircs n this csilmale sha,l
provs to b. correct the current and futura Imports
tnto Narsei'les. tlavre, nordeaux, etc, will 70
Into rcterra or allow an equal export Of oue iThe
hcctoltro is equal to 2. al measured bushc1s.} !;
COW cREEK's COMPLAINT.
10 shs Editor af TIA Tribune.
Cow cnEKE, ILL.,. Feb. 19.-Your market reports
arc constantly road and muc,, valued BY everybody
on both aides Of this creek. Yon arr no doubt
aware That tho oats raised last year In the country
bordering on Cow Creek we're Of rcry tight weight,
In consequence Of which defect ncnr1y every bushel
we send 10 Chicago grades rejected. j.
Osta in ncary ali sections Of the West eeem TO he
Of similar quality and gradc. l Ind no fault lie.
cstc our oats are rejected, bat whnt appears queer
to rs Cow Crcekers ls, that while nenrty all the
oats nrtirnE In cars are graded al fecctcd at tho
Ramc ttme nearly all the stock in tla warehouses
ate reported rs No .. On the 9th Of February,
for instance. there were Inspected into tho ware.
houses N follows:
icjccfed cafa.
And u has rim somewhat IN thnt proportion the
whole season. On Feb Il Tho report OF oats stored
In tho warehouses was a. follows:
No' 3oa.i; AZ
itjretca III ra'tr 57a. =:
tnn yon explain thls.an0maIyf II yon cun, It
will obflec your readers In Cow Creek very hucll.