The Portland daily press., 1877-08-21
Domestic Markets

NEW YORK. Aug. O-Evening.-Cotton market is
STEADY at &c declne sales 6l4O bales; ordinary up
lands and Alabama 15-16c;. do New Orleanss and
Texas 10 l-16c; do strained 9-16c; middling up
lands and Alabama 1Iac; do New Orleans and Texas
113c; do strained l05c delivered contract 500 bales;
futures moderate business at lower rates. closing
to 26 points decline. Flour-redeipts 20O4O bbis
market heavy, lower and light business export and
home use; sales II, 400 bbls No at % 9 5O the
latter fancy; Superfne Western and Stateat go a
50; good to choice extra Western and State at 50
g 40; choice do As q IS; White Wheat Western
extra at 50 q s 90; extra Ohio at 90 @675; com
mon to extra st Louis at 5 90 a 30; Patent Min
1esota extra good to prime at 50 q 5O choice to
grade extra at so q 40; 5000 do Minnesota at 90
@S75; 1870 do City Mills extra at 90 a rs for
England; 81 e. 90 for West Indies; Southern flour
sales 2lc0 bbls; extra at 70 a rs. Rye flour is
heavy at 90 a rs for Superfine Cormeal is dull !:
Western Jersey and Pennsylvania at 3 90 a 80.
Wheat-receipts 1so,S76 bush; market q % better
mainly for forward delivery sales 676, 900 bush in
Guiding $1,000 bush on the spot at 90 forpoor Spring
81 for Milwaukee, % "a 40 for Red and Amber
No 2 Winter Red; 81 for New York No2 Red and
long Amber;1 35a "a 81 for No Winter Red CLOSING
at 81 bid and 1 81 asked 26l 25t DO Sept
Amber Aug ~ asked; 173 9 10 for No Q Spring
Lept, closing at 1s3 bid and 10 asked; including
Oct 10 and 1S3 for No 2 Chicago and p al 22I
for No Milwaukee. Rye quiet and heavy. Barley
nominal Barley Malt quiet; sales 1000 bush Canada
d. VI " ~. OOru-recelpCS f,0UJ DuSh; (ulAc
lower market heavy and moderate trade sales $685.
O00 bush, including 100 900 bush the spot at so a
SEC for ungraced Western Mixed warm 10 prime 53
@ 53ac for steamer Mixed. $50 q 56c for New York
No 2, 5ef 555c for Yellow Western 53a "a 5a3c FIR
steamer Mixed, closing at 52Jc bid and SAC asked
for No Aug, closing at 55ac bid and 56c Asked 55Ac
FOL steamer Mixed Sept closing at 5se bid and 55c
asked; 56t 9 57c tor No Sept closing at -56ac bid
and DC asked Oats-receipts II. 400 bush; market
lower and unsetted sales $4,000 bush at 25 a 45c for
Mixed Western and State; 80 q 48c for White Wes-
tern, including New York No White at 32Ac; New
York NO do at 35i q sac, chiefly at 37fc; New
York Not1 at 3Sc; Mixed Western % "a 3Sc; White
Western at 81 @ 40c; Mixed extra at 2S a $50; While
"a g 4te; Mixed State IS q 45c. latter choice; old
White DO 80 g 48c; No Aug 29c bid and 35c asked:
NO 2 White Aug 30 bid and 38c asked, Coffee quiet
and steady at 16A 20i gold cargoes; 16A a 23k gold
JOB lots Sugar nominal at 81 a Ssc for lair to good
refining; SIC for prime refined heavy; 1OIc standard
A; LOG l03 crushed and powdered; 1Oa granulated.
Molasses dull and heavy. Rice steady at So "a 73c
for Louisiana and @ 7kc for Carolina Petroleum
dg and barely rely steady crude at u 7 refined at
closing at 2 $50. Tallow steady; prime it, RIOS.
in firm at IS 9 1 92t. Turpentine firm at 3I4c
Pork is lower; new mess quoted at IL 50 sales
900 bbls September at IL 80 a 10 co. Beef Quiet
Cut Meats quiet middes easier; Western long clear
Iii short clear T. Lard opened lower but afterwards
frmer and closed steady; sales 100 ties prime steam
at $50 co; 225Q do Sept at 30 g IS, closing at