The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-04

NEW YORK. January 3-Evening. Cotton market
steady; sales 626 bales; ordinary uplands Alabama,
10A; middling uplands 12sc; do Alabama at 12a:
New Orleans and Texas at IL 1916; do stained III
delivered on contract 300 bales futures in fair bust
ness, closing about 1-32 decline Eour-receipts 81
$50 bbs; the market is shade trmer with rather
more business for export and home use sales 1920
bbls; No at 4 80 5 90; Superfne Western and
at 40 so, latter very choice ;aextra Western and
STATE 70 q 80; good to choice Western and State
at 50 g 10; White \ heat Western extra at Is
q 70; Fancy White Wheat Western at so a 8 rs;
extra Ohio at so q SIS; extra St Louis at ) so a
e; Patent Minnesota extra good to prime at rs q
Southern IS q co. Rye -four is STEADY a at 20 70
3 l torsupertine. Cornmeal steady. wheat-receipts
i3O eush the market is about 1c better with more
doing for export and city milling sales 600 bush
| % g 80 for ungraded Spring; So for New York
No 2 Spring. A. for No2 Mil Saukee; 1 Al for poor
Winter Red Western; No 8 Milwaukee quoted i 81
q So; No Chicago &c. bye is IuIet and steady.
Barley is quiet and firm; 6-rowed State at 85c Bar
icy Malt is quiet and unchanged. Corn-receipts OF
10 9I6 push the market is quiet and scarcely so firm
prices, however, without decided change; sales 600
bush; SIC for ungraded new Western Mixed; 5Sc for
new steamer Mixed Cue for new steamer Yellow; 60
q SIC for White Southern; 81 q 81 for Yellow do; old
Western Mixed nominal 60 q CSC. Oats-receipts of
10 lo5 bush; the market is without decided change
with better demand sales 5000 bush; SO "a i9Jc for
Mixed Western and State; AZ a Sic tor White Yves
tern and State, including New York No 8 White at
81 5cc W NeE 4eT6 extra Mte Mixed Western at
White 453 q sic. Coffee Rio is firm and quiet; Is
q 2lac gold for cargoes; IS q 2Sc gold for job lots
refining; 9ac for prime; refined steady and in tair
deman l.. Moasses is quiet and unchanged Rice is
quiet and steady. Petroleum is nominal; crude is,
refined at 27c on spot, Taow is steady at SIC for
prime country. Naval Slores-Rosn steady al co.
Turpentne is heavy at Al a 47Ic for Spirits. Pork
dull, easier and unsettled Mess II 80; extra prime
IL 80 asked. Beef is dull Cut Meats Quiet: middss
held higher; Western long clear 9t city long clear
vi % bid for short clear. Dressed Hogs steady at
u forWestern Lard opened firmer, closing heavy
and decidedly lowers prime steam at II 40 q II IS;
seller January at IL 42 "a II So closing II 40 asked
$3.50 ties seller February II so "a ii 625 closing II 50
seller for March at IL 2a g II IS. Whiskey steady
49,
freights to Liverpool-the market is quiet Cot
ton per sail at 9-52 "a 5l6; do steam at 5-l6 Wheat
per steam at I'd and nominal
CHICAGO. January 3.-Flour is very firm and
holders asking higher; Spring extras at so a 25
Wheat is strong and higher; No 2 Chicago Spring
at 264 cash. 2Sa q Isl seller for February 2s5
seller March h, No Chicago Spring at I'M q 12i;
rejected at 96a q $780, Corn is firm; No at A cash:
44sc seller for February. Oats are in good demand
and shade higher No at 3isc cash; 345c seller for
February. Rye frmer at 723c. Barley is firm at SIC.
February; II 20 q II IS seller March; sales il 20 "a
II 923 seller March. Lard generally unchanged but
sales rather rather at IL 174 cash. Ii 80 seller
February; IL 42t @ IL 40 seller March. Bulk Meats
firm and unchanged: Whiskey is steady and un-
changed Dressed Hogs lower, buyers offering lower
prices good lots 45.
Receipts-11,OO0 bDls tour, $4,000 bush wheat, 143-
GOO bush corn, $1,000 bush oats 800 bush barley
1000 bush OF rye.
Shipments-S0OO bbls flour, 25,COO bush wheat, g..
400 bush corn. 25OOO bash oats, 1l00O bush barley
8, 100 bush rye.
Al the afternoon call of the board Wheat was 1c
higher. Corn and Oats unchanged. Pork higher at
30 seller February II 85 seller March. Lard firm
er at liz Marcn.
TOLEDO, January 3.-Flour is steady. Wheat ia
firm; No White Wabash A; extra White Mich
igan held at "A Amber Michigan 42b seller for
February 45A; No at "a; Mo- Red Winter at