Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-02
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ALEXANDRIA MARKET, Aug. 2.-Tho market
is dull and weaker. New Wheat Flour is %,
Of though receipts continue light. Offerings
to day CT 1928 bushels Of Wheat, which sold At
llCal43 for common to prl:ae; this il consld-
crablo decline since yesterday. Corn Is IN good
receipt snd prices arc lower; sales of $3.50 bush
OILS al Is and G9 fer mixea, and Is for yellow.
1SJ bushels Of Rye remained over unsold, and
about 1000 bushels Of Oats brought "a. IS and Is,
As tc quality. Nothing doing in country produce
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, August L.
Beef Cattlc-Price5 to-day ranged as follows
G Gen. rally rated first QUALIFY ..5 % S IS
Medium or good fair quality ...........4 w 8 70
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and CoWs3 oN W.
General average Of the market I'D co 00
Extreme range of prices. 50 ~
Most Of the sales were from Communal o0 D ~
Total receipts for the week 2Jl3 head. JotsI
sales for The week 2094 head
The market for home ccnsuEp.ion has poem
only fair this week at prices varying but little,
if any, from those ruling last week. Ine offer
ings scarcely compare as to quality with thoso
received then, the best Of the arrivals, on FIT
day ana Saturday Of last week, being .rcshlpped
east, chiefly on speculation. Quotations 8 o0a
| Sc 10 per l0O lis, few choice S!eer5 bong scld
ut the latter figures.
Mich Cows-1ho market YVES slightly more
active than LAST wcok. Sales at27a$45 per head:
| Sheep and Lambs--Tho Sheep market showed
sorae little activity il the beginning; but 1t Was
only Of brief duration, being confined to spec,
| ulative Eastern demand for Lambs, and OF good
, Sheep for home consumption, tho Latter being N
! light supply. Common stock OF all kinds Ws5
dull. We qucto Sheep at As55c per 10 gross,
| and stock Sheep at PASS per head. Lambs 4aG4c
per ID gross, hcceipts this week 1856 hoad,
Hogs-Ihs receipts of Hogs have not been
very heavy this week, following tho worry light
run last weok, though showing g married. IN
| crease reaching this market chiefly through tho
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, The, demand
| no. having been fairly met esriy In the week,
any other kind of stock, which latter have been
| arriving with comparative freedom. che prices
| now ruling can scarcely DO maintained many
days, ard it would be iajudicious to purchase
from present quotations. 7&sS3c per pouad. Re"
| coipts this Wesk 4OI9 head.
BALTIMORE, lug. 2-Virginis Is, old, -;
do. deferred 5 Co consolidated 65l; I'd series 40
Cotton cuiot; midlling ~ Flour quiet; How.
ard street and Western Family I 5Oss8 90; City
| Mills, 3io brands SASS IS; other grades un'
changed Wheat--prime active and frmi com
mon dull! sud heavy Southern red, good to
prime 150al54 Go. amber l55sl5S; do. white l4a
alh5; Senna red l50a155; Ne. Western winter
re1 spot l52; do Aug l4Oa; do. Sept l565; Corn
dull snd iowor; Southern white G3s67; co. yel'
| CL1O
Sep. tGiaG0i; steamer 81. Oats steady, South
ozn or:ne new 42s43; Western white old 45alG
%. ri;xcd 4Sa14; Penns Old 4G. Rye quiet and
steady a: 65a67. Hay dull and unclIanged.
SUGAR quiet q. III. Cofeo quiet and firm; Rlo
ca-goes 1G3s22244 iobblng 17r22. Whiskey nom
!; ia. al Il Is.
New YORK, August Stocks wssk. Gold
| lG5A Flour dull and in buyers favor. Wnei't
! dull; futures 10 ic loWer. Corn shade irmer'
NEW YoRk, Aug. 2-Thoro were - bids f21
Goyorrr,ent gold to-day Bids aggregate So
T2O COO at from los to los s. The award will be
made at from 1928 to 1882
Ire Baltimore Stock Board yesterday 3. =
.. .hsres we're stronger, closing at 9lt DID, u
asked.
PORT OFALEXANDRLA, AUGUST ?.
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ARRIVED.
Steamer Express, Baltimore, TO Brodcrs s. Go
She rsncr;s two loaded vessels in tire river bound
20 Ard q punry ashore at Csdar FONT.
Schr Mary Zimmerman, Havre DC Gr"ca, tt
WIN 4 SmoGt. -.
Schrg I}s!lo Brown ana Alice Borda, lol
Schr Earl p Msson, Providence, t. JOAN
AgrCW ,S Go.
!. SAILED.
Steamer j w Thompson, IeonardtoTn, hy
s 4 Heed.
Staar,e: Mettsnc, Nomin!, by 10; E7o1cT.
& Go.
-ss- 7 desire to return my thanks to the fire
,,e1 and citizens generally for their efforts tx
saws nv property from destruction BY fire Jos
.erday morning ,,, ,,1-,,,,rr,
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8 y7sIRFAN CAMP MEETING.
- 1ns wishing to tent at the Fairfax Carr
; go s,,Ii n,art me on the ground (GeoTg
iohn.oI,,s woods, nesr Andrews Chapel Aus Its
18th, st ii O. clock H., or correspond Will A''
~ s ossi otSt ''' 6. &. JOYCE, Z. E
q KEEN GINGER received and Tor snie G. o.
M aug2 +. j. DAVIDSON, LAT h'hs 3D.