The Portland daily press., 1877-05-03

| NEW YORK, May 2-Evening. market is
quiet at &c advances; ordinary uplands and Alabama
5-16c; New Orleans and Texas 8-16c; do stained
at 10 Ice; middling uplands and Alabama at lie;
do New Orleans and Texas at LIE do stained i0sc
futures irregular and gradually advancing "a q 81
points, closing easy at outside rates; sales of 1872
bales; delivered on contract $500 bales. Flour is
Irregular unsettled and lower to SELL spectators are
still inclined to realize closing dull No2 at rs a
6 So; Supertine Western and State at IT'S "a 90:
common to good extra Western and State at 90
@ 10; good to choice do at 10 q rs; common
to choice White Wheat Western extra at 80 "a
8 80; Fancy White Wheat Western extra at 8 S.
q ~ Is; common to good extra Ohio at Z 90 "a
8 10; common to choice extra st Louis at 90 a
II 90; Patent Minnesota extra good to prime 65
a IL 90; choice to double extra at II 05 q IL 90;
other grades are unchanged; receipts to-day Of 7O47
bbls; sales $500 bbls; Southern flour is heavy Rive
-four is dull at 30 ct 80 for supertine. Cornmeal
is ouiet Western, Jersey and Pennsylvania at 40
q go. Wheat is irregular and unsettled and the
demand; new and old Mixed: ungraded Spring at
70; choice No White Michigan at 2 Is; 2Os loads
Spring taken tor export with further particulars
kept priva9e; No 2 Milwaukee offered at 49,; 90
for No Chicago offering; receipts 1900 bush sales
10000 bush. Rye is quiet and unchanged at O5 a.
No Westernune delivery Barley is quiet and nd mn M
changed Barley Malt quiet and firm. Corn opened
ac better, but afterwards the advance was lost and
New York No at &c; steamer Mixed at CT C0 CSC:
New York No2 at IS g $751;; steamer Yellow at 6s5c;
low Mixed at sc; receipts 1854 bush; sales $4,000
bush; also 14O 900 bush of steamer Mixed fer Nav
64a @ e53c, closing rumored sales at 64h "a sac;
$4,000 bush seller June at 65h a &C; 10000 bush
No seller July at 674 q Csc. Oats are lc better;
mixed Western and State at 60 q &c; White West.
and State at 56 q 69c; rejected at soc; New York
No in store at 81 q 53c; do aloat at 52c New York
No 3 White at So a 5sac; New York No 2 at SO "a
SIC; receipts $3.50 bush; sales 10000 bush. Coffee
is very firm, with fair inquiry. Sugar is very strong
and in tair demand, and is unchanged: 500 hhds of
Mufcovado at 90 9 1116c; % q 90 for fair to good
refnng 10c forprime; refined is in good demand at
ia q 1l3c for standard A; l2lc for granulated 12I
crushed 124c for powdered. Molasses firm and in
demand. Rice is firm and fairly active at a 6Ic.for
Carolina; A q &c for louisiana Petroleum is dull
and heavy. Tallow easier at 81 a &c. Naval Stores
Rosin is unchanged. Turpentine is easier at SO tor
Spirits. Pork opened lower, closing frmer. Beef is
Quiet. Cut Meats-Western quiet; middes are
duiet Western long clear at 81; city do 81; short
clear at 81 long and short clear at ST.; Lard opened
lower afterwards advanced and closed frmer seller
July closing at 10 % a 10 So. Butter-choice steady
Whiskey fairly active at LIB.
active; Cotton per sail at 9-32d do per steam at
Sled; Wheat per steam at SD.
CHICAGO, May 2.-Flour nominal Wheat is dull.
unsettled and generally lower; No Chicago Spring
So cash or seller May; sales at 81 q 6I seller for
June; closed at 57a seller for yJune No Chicago
Spring att 49, rejected a tt Is. Corn is unsettled
lower and active at 514c cash. sales at 81 "a SIC for
June closed at 52Ac for June rejected at 49c Oats
are in light demand, but holders are firm at Ale for
cash; 42c seller June. Ryeis easier at Soc. Barley
is dull, weak and unchanged; as the market is pau