, 1877-08-16
1ll11 CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY. AUGUST jG 1877

car. No. I n, ". wtc... II rars NJ. . do. j.. ears
No. ~p.;u.. II cars So.a 10. II rhr% So. :. 10.
! rar. regretted d. ca7. M grade i1,M whral;
car IN. I corn. II c.ra hi:h m!srr, INt cars No.
2corn, ~ cars rejected do. 7cnrn, o CATS wlJto
Uat-. rs cars No. :. do, u CARS rejected do ia
haiFl: il cars No. rye. 20 cars M. , ilo; . cars
No. y barlcy. cars cstra do. cars feed barley.
Total. GO cars. OF |15. 1c0 hH. INspcrr,l mt:
20,nlt bn wheat. 40, Coo bn corn. 49, 7i0 bu
oats. ami -, s.s. hi rye.
And now It Il tntimatcd that the work IN rccArtl
10 The inspection Of barley BY one man fn!sfnctory
to the trade may hava 10 he tono all OVER again.
It may be, however, that thcrc Is no tsnth In tho
fumor.
4 letter from owatonna, Mann,. states that tho
crop OF wheat III TINT section II tic hest raired In
twenty years. The writer grows ''snrcastiral"
when he Informs his correspondent that tho wheat
Ia 70 dry It will ho necessary 10 apFnklo 1t bcforc
1t can be ground.
a gentleman Just returned from Mitchell County,
Iowa. t,atcs that q tcn.acrc Geld In that aection
yielded forty.aix bn wheat to The acre BY actual
measure.
Tic people on 'chaugc arc anxfou.,y ,n1ut,ing
whether or not they will hc obliged 10 run several
unnccctsafy blocks to and from the new Offices Of
the stato Inspector and tho State Regsttrxr of
Gtn!n. III fact, lhcro IL good dale of excitement.
on tho subject.
The lending excitement on Change yesterday,
IN email way. was The fact that rnsh wheat was
In good demand to at sn1cs for the first hair of
August. Most of those salcs had hcen Oiled prs
.fouslr, but It Was estimated that orer TO- o00 bn
was out yesterday musntny. which hal 10 be filled
on relatively small arrivals scclHc that there
very little No. wheat In store. VIC note. too,
that freight room was taken for 81, COO bu wheat,
which was unacIstooi to have beon bought Tues.
day for shipment.
Tho leading produce markets were fairly active
rCxtn rd liz k.atu l}n
strong IN mort departments. Tho weather was
cloudy and cold. for the scasun, and thu receipts
OF tho morning were smaller than tho recent nv
eragc. Tho tast.na,ned tact was probably due In
lafIo part 10 previous bad weather. but thero was
folnc fear that It resulted from low priccs-thnt
tho tears had run tho matkct down to point
whrro farmers do not csrc to scli freely. This
brought out better demand from, the thorts, and
higher prices ensncd. We noted tho existence of
better fhpp!ng movement In wheat and oats,
while that Of corn continues fats III volume, and
round lot Of Lard was exported 10 Europe this
week, The figures Of Monday being over l, 600, 600
lbs.
There was moro activity In dry roods circles than
IN uauR1 witnessed At this particular season, And
among joh6ere cheerful And hopeful feeling ptu.
vailed. Prices wefr drm anil unchanged. Nroec.
RIGS wero fairly active and generally 1rm. 1scGncd
sugars were doing better. There was I'm Increased
movement at an tic advance. CofIccs were strong,
with something Of an advancing tendency. Rico
also was very firm. Tens, spices, soaps, starch,
etc.. were steady. sfrupt and nlol+rrcs remained
weak. The butter market VIVA fairly active and
drn,. Tho receipts continue larrc but do not mn.
terfa'lJ exceed the current requirements Of tho
trade. Cheese was ngafn Iuotct! quiet and un-
changed, at HsscH1nssc for good 10 brst factory.
No changes wcec developed in the dried fruit mar
kct. The attention OF buyers 10 chiefly directed to
apples. pFunca, cuftants, and raieis, alt Of which
are firmly held Rt the auncd prices. FIsh were
fairly active and unchanged. Thu demand for
Leather Il improving, and Tho market IL working
hrncr. No changes were developed 10 the market
for coal. woud. oils, paints and coloss.
Lumber was moterasivcly active. Cargoca eoid
freely early. but the MARKET closed dull, with buy.
cF- bidding lower psFccs. The yard dcnlera report
q fair tra'c. Drugs and chemicals wers tn modoY-
ate demand and steady. Wool wna uutct and un.
changed. EMt few oracrs nrs coming from Wesl.
efn manufacturers yet. and Eastern 0perators
having bought early have nov Withdrawn ffum tic
West. The hide market VIVA steady. The ofIur.
ingsnrc light, bot West ami Fast, and sell reaif1Y
nfoom.cosn was quiet Tho orders received
week ago l,nve been altcd, and now 1ittlo IA bcnr
dono tcyuud attending to tho wants Of s,na, man.
ufacturcrs. Seeds wcro moro active and ar.ncr.
Green fruit" were abundant, and met with mod
cFate inquiry Ut easier prices. PoultEy waa dull
md weak under largrr offerings.
Lake frc!ghts wrEe IN Hood demand md firm at
The recent advance, ut &c for corn ant! 4,;c for
wheat to hufInio. 1toom was taken for 81. GOO bu
wheat and .50, GOO hu corn, In addition 10 the
charters Of tho previous evening.
Hall ffeiEhfH wero arm at pscvions rntes. Gsn!n
was auotcd u a0c pcr 100 lbs 10 Now York. mud
:}5c to Botton and New England points, Hates on
bosrd ulents were quoted at &c above grain ly.
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