The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-29


NEW YORK Oct. 27-5 P. M-C0ttOn weak; safes
lllS oales delivered on contract 700 bales; ordinary
upiands and Alabama at 9sc; ordinary New Orleans
uplands and Alabama at II &c; middng New Orleans
and Texas 11sc; mddlng strained 1O5; tutures-fair
business closing at to 10 points decline. Flour
receipts JIG bbls the market is slightly in BUYERS
favor without decided change in price, very moderate
export and some home trade demand; sales 900
Dds; MOI at 8 90 q 25; Superfne Western and
State at S5 q 30; common to good extra Western
and State at 50 q 70; good to choice Western and
Western extra at O5 a 675; Fancy White Wheat
Western extra at so q 25; common to good extra
Ohio at 90 q so; common to choice extra st Louis
at . 90 q 70; new Patent Minnesota extra good to
prime at 40 q 25; choice to double extra at 80 a
80, including 1900 bbls low grade extra at so q
rs; 2l00 bbls of Winter Wheat extra at IS "a O0
$500 bbls Minnesota at 10 "a so: $500 b6Is City
Alls extra at 30 for England 20 a so for West
Indies: market closing quiet Southern Flour
at 70 0 25; good to choice 10 at 80 a 80. Rye
Elonr unchanged; sales $50 bbls at 400 q 80 for
1900 bbls Yellow Western, JERSEY and Pennsylvania
at 2 65 q 90; Brandywine at As a so. Wheat
receipts 1922 166 bush; "a &c lower; moderate ex-
port, light city milling demand and;fair speculative
business sales 304 900 bush, including $4,000 bush
ON the spot; % for No Spring; 30 for New York
Nc sRFng 81 sli No Chicago 80 81 for Ne2
hard do; 40 tor New York No Winter Red; 3s8
for r, steamer s do 4a2 for Amber Western; 50 q
October and AZ for November; 1 294 a 80 for No
Spring for November; | 80 q 3Of for December;
29s for No 2 North Western for November; 90
FOR No Milwaukee for November; 334for No 1 do
to arrive Rye quiet and firm; State at rs a 73c;
sales 1900 bust No Western 20 g Tic. Barley is
advancng sales 30 600 bush at Sic for -rowed State
and ST. @ Ssc for No Canada; CSC for No do
Farley Malt is quiet and firm. Corn-recepts
10.25o bush; the market is shade trmer; sales of
l54000 bush, including 1901 900 the spot; 618c for
New York No2 in stores &c for do afloat; 623 "a 64c
for Yellow Western; GIG a &C for No for October
Oats-receipts Of 1894 bush; market is shade
stronger; sales $4,000 bush; SO q &c for Mixed Wes-
State, including New York No 8 at 35c; New York s,
NewYork No White at 81 a s7lc New YORK MAI M
at SIC; do No l White at 4lc; extra sic: White
Western at 35i@ 41Ac; do State s7sc for November
Hay steady at 30 q 60 for shipping. Hops quiet
C0fiee-Rlo is firm and in moderate demand sales
Ivy bags on private terms; cargoes quoted at 15a a
heavy at q Sic for fair TO good refining Sac for
prime; sales 300 hhds Porto Rico 7sc 2s6 boxes Mus
covado 75c; refined quiet and unchanged. MoIas-
ses-Grocery grades steady with moderate business
hlce steady with moderate trade. Petroleum is
d1l and lower; crude at Ssc; refined at 14c; sales
Sb saa refined in So delivery last half De-
IS steady: sales 10000 lbs at 7ac; 200 TBS private
terms, Naval stores-Rosin firmer and active at
Spirits. Eggs firm at 81 q Csc for Western, 2S1 "a
23c for Canada. Coal quiet at Q IS q 20 per ton
changed; Hemock sole, Buenos Ayres and Rio
Grande light middle and heavy weights at 221 "a a5c.
California do at % q 24c; common do at % "a DC,
Pork frmer and more doing for spot; futures quiet
sales 600 bbls at IA So "a IA 40 ESQ bbs for no
tober at Ii 25; November at IA 90 bid December Of
10 80 bid; seller all the year at 10 vs. bid IA 10 asked
January Is So bid, IA 05 asked Reef steady and in
fair demand; sales $50 bbs mess on private terms
Beef III unas quiet. Tierce Beef steady. ami
Meats-Western is quiet; middles more active at
8sc for Western long clear city do at 81 q Sac sales
5OO Western long clear to arrive on private terms
Lard quiet and steady; sales 89O ties prime steam
at 80 @ 921 for October; S2a for November; IO00
ties for December at 72k 500 seller all the wear
at 3 72S; $50 February at So; January quoted at
124. Cheese is steady at q La Tor common tn
prime. Seeds-Linseed is quiet at 2 90 gold time
Whiskey dull and nominal at IL.
Wool is dull and without material CHANGE IN
unwashed at 10 "a 32c; Texas at Ii a &c '0''
Freights to Liverpool-the market is quiet. Got.
ton per sail "a 9-32d; do per steam lI-32 r0 81
Wheat per steam at I03d. ~
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-Flour steady and in good do
mand. Wheat unsettled and irregular; No Sprino
100; No at 10 cash. 04s q Oh for November,
Q3s q 03i for December; rejected at 95c. Corn is
fairly active at 45l sh 45sc for October 49, a 43sc
@ 2osc for November. Rye in good demand at 5ss
q sic. Barley firmer and prices UNCHANGED, PORK
firm and in tair demand at "A so cash and October.
~ IS q IL 70 for November Lard in good demand a.
875 for cash; IS q SIT for October; 20 ali the
year. Bulk Meats steady and unchanged Wits.
key quiet and unchanged
Ereights-Corn to Butfalo at &c.
Recelpts-13.000 obs flour, 81, 600 bush wheat 10,
900 bush corn, $1,000 busbsoats, 49, goo busb If r
Shipments-1I 600 bbls flour, $1,000 busb vns.t
100000 bush corn, 1900 bush oats, $4,000 bush bar
ley. N1'A ''A