The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-08-31

NEW YORK. Aug. 3O-Evenng.-Cotton market is
quiet sales 1882 bales middng uplands at 10 15-6c;
points advance. Flour-receipts $3.50 bbs; market
10 q 10 better with moderate trade, improvement
mainly upon shipping and Minnesota extras; sales
1890; No at IL q co; Superfine Western and
State at % @ so; extraWestern and State at 10
q IS; choice do 70 a 6 10; White Wheat Western
extra at 6 Is Is @Sa5; Fancy White Wheat Western
mon to extra St Louis at 5 % a rs; Patent Min
nesota extra good to prime at 675 IS; choice at
80 8 80. Southern flour is frmer; sales 1900 bbls
tor Superfne. Corn meal is shade stronger at 90 "a
49, Wheat-receipts of 81, 1877 bush; the market Is
irregular and unsettled; futures opening at q 81
higher, closing with about 1c of advance lost spot
opened firm and closed with holders more dsp osed
to realize; sales $4,000 bush including 142 900 bush
No 2 Chicago; / 80 q 80 for Winter Red Western:
80 on spot and No Winter Red;1 9S1 q 80 for No
2do; 50 for White Western; 40 q i Al for No
/ 46 q 4S for White State; 3sa "a 39a for No 3
Winter Red for August, closing at 81 bid, SO ask
ed; 50 g S5s tor September closing at s3t bid,
TENDER; 32a g "a tor August Spring; September
closing 80 bid, 81 asked. Rye quiet and steady
Barley and Barley Malt is nominal. Corn-receipts
1863 "a bush; the market is better and firm; sales
OF 100000 bush, including 10000 bush spot s. "a Sc
for ungraded Western Mixed; sic for steamer Mix
for Yellow Western; 54sc for steamer Mixed seller
August, closing at 543c bid, sac asked No for Au-
gust closing at 553c Did, and soc Asked 55ic steamer
asked; Sc g 56tc tor No2 Sept, closing at SEC bid
56lc asked. Oats-receipts 1l0,490 bush; market /
@ lower; heavy; sales $4,000 bush; % q Sec for
tern and State, including New York No at 31b Ca
SIC; New York No White at $40 q Soc; New York
No at ySse; New YORK No White at 50 ssc
White State at &c., also 10000 bush No seller last
half September at 3ic. Coffee is more active and
steady at i6s g 22tc gold; Sugar firm with better
business; " 9 Ssc for fair to good refining; refined
active and rmer; O4c for standard A ;Oac for gran
ulated and powdered; liz for crushed. Molasses
quiet and steady. Rice is steady 81 a 81 tor Car
olina Petroleum is easier and fairly active; crude
at III 1901 bbls refined first halt October at Ia; 5000
bbls united crude at "a 55s Tallow steady at
tine quiet at 36c. Pork rmer, closing Steady; 525
bbls new mess at 10 g 10 TO- 800 bbls October Is o.
Beef is dull. Cut Meats dull middles II a II tol
western long clear; short clear u. Lard higher and
firm; 1850 ties prime steam at 50 So; 200 ties for
bid and l IL asked.
Freights to Liverpool-the market is without de-
cided change; Cotton per steam 4d;Wheat per steam
at lid.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3O.-Flour is firm. Wheat is active
and firm No Spring at 10; No Spring at 10 tor
cash; SO q 99sc seller for September Corn is fairly
active at Age cash; 42a 4z5c for seller September
Oats in good demand at 234c cash and seller Septem-
Der: Rye is STRONGER at 52ac. Barley firmer at CSC
8 80 g S21 cash and seller September. Bulk Meats
are seady-shoulders at 5sc snort rib middles at 81
short clear do at Z. Whiskey 90.
Freights-Cor1 to Buffalo q.
Recelpts-6,0OO oble -four $1,000 bush wheat, &c.,
0Uo Gsn corn, $1,000 bush oats, 1900 bush rye
snlpments-5,0OO bbs tour, 1000 bush wheat, 49,
1OO bush corn $4,000 bush oats, 10000 bush barley
16 900 bush rye.
At the afternoon call of the board Wheat closed
at 10y seller for August; 99A q $685. for September
VI g s6ic all year Corn trmer at 4lc September.
Pork strong at II 80 q II 373 seller september Lard
frmer at 8 IS for September.
TOLEDO, Aug 80. Flour is firm. Wheat is active
and firm, closed easier; No White Wabash at so /;
Amber Michigan on spot at 80; seller for Septem-
Der at 10; No Red Winter on spot at 80; seller
September at Is; No Red Wabash at 2l. Corn
is quiet; High Mixed at 47c on spot seer September
at 464c. Oats are nominal.
Keceipts-1G0 bbs -four. $1,000 bush wheat II COO
bush Corn, 80 900 bush Oats, 90 Barley,
Shipments-1000 bbls flour, 81, 600 bushEWheat, 25-
600 bush Corn. 0.0O0 bush Oats.
DETROIT, August 30.-Flour is steady; White at
. 00. wheat in good demand-extra White Michigan
at 343 9 30 cash; 80 "a 3O1 for September; No
I White Michigan at 800 g | slt cash; 26 @ 26S
I9r september; No Amber Michigan at rs. Corn
nominal; No Western Mixed at 81 q 31ac.
Keceipts,lo3l bbis nour, $1,000 push wheat, 44O
Shipments-905 bbs flour, Al 900 bush wheat 657
bush corn 900 bush oats.
ST: LOUIS, Aug. 3O.-Flour is quiet; BUYERS con-
tending tor lower prices. Wheat higher for medium
ana low grades; No Red Fail at l Is bid cash; No 8
do at % q 22t cash; 09s a 11z for September
Corn-No2 Mixed at 3SA q 3S5c cash; 3SA "a 391c fol
seller September. Oats inactive; No2 at 251 u &c
Whiskey steady at 90. Pork is quiet and unchang-
ed. Lard frmer; sales Winter at is. Bulk Meats
hrmer; short clear rib boxed so, Bacon-shoulders
90; clear ribs 7s clear sides IT,
ohecelpts-4,uoo bbls -FOUR 81, 900 bush wheat a.
COG bush corn, 1900 bush oats OOuO bush barley,
5000 bush rye, 90 hogs, 90 cattle.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 30.-Flour is nominal Wheat
Is strong; NO Milwaukee hard at IA September
at 00s. Corn in fair demand Mo- at 42i "a 42lc
Oats are firm; No at 23c. Rye is in good demand !;
No at Doc. Barley unchanged.
Keceipts-10OO bbls flour, l29 900 bush wheat,
onlpments-l6CO bbls Hour, $4,000 bush wheat, co
bush corn.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 30-Pork is finer at 10 30 bid
Lard strongea; steam at 274; current make at 81
Kettle q 81. Bulk Meats in fair demand: sboui.
ders at 3; clear ribs at 20 75 clear sides H. Ba-
con Is nrmer shoulders ats q 81; clear ribs at u ;
clearssides y, Whskey is tirmer at 10.
1--we Hogs hrm add unchanged; common at so "a
90; light at 10 q 80; packing at 4 80 q 10;
420 head.
CLEVELAND, Aug 30.-Tbe Petroleum market is
strong at l23c for standard White.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 30.-Cotton quiet; Middling up
lands at 10lc.
WILMINGTON, Aug. 3o.-Cotton dull and nominal;
Middiing uplands at l04c.
NORFOLK, Aug. 3O.-Cotton is dull; Middling up
lands at 1O4c.
MEMPHIS, Aug So.-Cotton steady; Middling up
lands at logo.
lands at 104c.
NEW YORK. Aug. 3O.-Cotton is quiet; Middling
upands at 10 15.16c.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3d. Cotton quiet; Middling
upands at 10lc.
MOBILE, Aug. 3O.-Cotton firm; Middling uplands
10c.
CHARLESTON, Aug. aO.-Cotton is dull; Niddling
uplands al 10ac.
AUGUSTA, Aug. ao.-COtton is quiet; Middling
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 3O.-Cotton is dull: Middling