, 1877-03-08

privilege Of charging Xc fur each subsequent ten
days, which only Affects tle pockets Of thn men
who spccntAfc In fnturra. II f. also urrcd that
this charsc t only half Of that rn!ihG during the
War, when &c for cnch five days w.t cxsctct hntl
paid, except that tho Accommodations on winter ftoE.
age were Unified as now.
The leading pro1uco markets wc1c moderately
active yesterday, and irregular. Provisions werc
again rather weak, and wheat and bnrley atronRer.
whils corn tended stlghtly downwAsis. and
other grim WAS steady. The news fru1n
other places was not peculiarly cncoufag.
ing 10 holders OF any kind Of produce,
and the buying orders from ontsldo wcro
few; the receipts Of brcsdstnrs were light, and Of
hogs rather large, while tue forwarding movement
was dali.
In tho market for domestic dry goods nothing
new WAS developed. Dustncss was generally 10.
ported quiet. with prices steady and hrH,. These
was not much life In tho grucery trade. Few buy.
ers wcro present In person. and tho maii-order
business also waa Of moderate proportions suxars
arc In sn,sl supply. but that fact, In the absenes
Of any considerable demand, did not prevent a
softeninR If prices, and, in some qnartess, soft
white and raw grades wesu offered A. IN Nc declns.
Cofces, tieo scas. and spices were ateady. rrlces
Of foreign And domestic dry goods wero without
arnsecIable change. ruling steady and uniform.
Ftsh were quoted quiet and unchanged. No now
features wots noted in the butter anl cheese n,ar+
kcts. The oil trade remains quiet At the quotations
glvcn on the preceding days Of Tho wrck. Turrcn.
tnc md carbon wcro nfrier. Leather; bagging,
and tobacco were Qu,ct and unchanged.
Tho lumber market was moderately aettvo
and steady. Drugs we're unchanged excepting
iodine, which was quoted higher and frm nt tho
advance. The hardware markets wort unchanged.
Tho wool. hay, and broom. corn markets wcro quiet
Seeds wcrc In moderate ro1ucst And steady. Tho
offerings Of ponltey were again small, hnt seem.
fng1y ample, a. tho local demand was light, AMI
prices ruled ttc saut as on provlons days Of the
week. Eggs wero easier. Choice varieties of pn.
sasocs wcro scatco and satablc. out common stock
was dull hud In fair supply.
Hall freExhts wege dhl1 and irregular, With no
change In asktng hEures Tho nominal rato was
33c 10 New York and 40c TO .uoston per 100 ns Of
grain.
Lake frcsghts wero qnlet, with no change IN fg.
arcs. Corn to buffalo was qnoted At 3A613!sc;
and u. 600 bu wheat To Port Colborno was taken
At &c. 70 load now.
GOODS RECEIVED
at Chicago Customs, March 2. 1877: Tho nev.
james Shaw. case printed matter; Knntzler 4
1fntgts, cases cigars; Stcttaucr nfos. & Co., .
cases dry goods; A. u. Mcckcr 4 Co., II tons p!g.
Iron; l.. Fischer, cask wine; Lyon 4 I[ea)y, 7
cases musical instruments; Adams j westlake
Manufacturing Company, oos boxcs tin plate.
Amount collected, 81, AGO. ID gold.
W0OLs
Tho Boston Skipping Llts of Saturday last con.
talns The following:
The hslnees Ut to week has been considerable soh,e
iuuni lots pf Heltan and choice htcccs, pulled and
CALIFORNIA;. having aAse Into the hAn1 Ut tc aIu.
fActnrefs but prtcca have ruled In Of buyers and
medium md a6ecea &lAlut II &c PER ., IN fsuuI
TIN Highest point and hnc wpota hlAo aI1ahb cAscr
anhlIetnrc M!! Enfcslasc very cautiously noAtY In
ots Al *ant ct, ana this continues Il, Hfto quiet t0no
20 tac markell although tho Ha1cE for roma weeks
nnve reB QH5te - ful an average gould have scen
exnfctcl. SotM!HG new haa been obtained from tho
j0nunA sa1cs. Wool thesu cs,ntnueR 10 on wit
considerable competition AA II Is mt kItoHn that
ny pn.shs.,s aTs been made Tor ttis slGe Tho
ss1arsA sn tmrortins wool .t t.e.s: a1,lt! now %
hs1 sl1y c1ksI fpr and tmtorssrs Eeallss W
y no ensH fof tha Present light reaction.
.uiet 11r sone week. and. ~ usuHl under tuth pTcha
fect ents The stock Ut WOOL been cosnFibiy r..
uccd xince te tst IT January many ot our raeFa
hare very snla!! stocks of heeccs hand for s sc*so
Of TIC yrar. Even our largest hatdert could mt se
tnnnJ round ota Of drsrahtI neeco without reaching
tr n! Of tlclr ,tlnc The G0uts market atn l1Dks
rru1Hls!nR ssturcrM flnyn been tRrgs Fcllers bf
desirable ofs II We except anncls, knI t,St tho
wnTE 0f lsturninE 0at.ls and the counting Ut tIn trcs
tlrtae sDa has hccn finished and settled far The pres.
cnt, and will no longer distract and dsturb tic busnesa
Of t1 country. nrpchrn u that aCa8ou Of moro
activity and pfutpcflty IL near a. hand.