The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-06-26
COMMERCIAL.
CAIRo, ILLINOIS, MONDAY EVENING, I
June rs. lST7.

and in about the same condition as at the
date OF our last issue. The improved
demand for flour may be attributed to
the fact that buyers, in their
anxiety to hold back until the
new crop comes In, have allowed their
supplies to get so low that they are una
bic to hold of any longer, and are com.
PEELED to purchase at least enough to
tide them over the next three or four
weeks. Stocks on the market are very
light and scarcely equal TO the demand.
Prices are steady and firm at quotations.
.....".There 10 a light demand tor
strictly choice grades Of Hay, while
the stock on the market
is very small aud receipts hight. Com.
mon and low grade hay Is ple..ty and
dull. Prices are unchanged. ....... There
Is Ia demand Tor choice viii L corn at
prices quoted below. Receipts are lnea
gre and the supply on the market is
small.......There is very little doing in
Oats. There is only a light local de-
mand, aud prices are steady at 3s(Q39c,
Receipts are light and the supply
on the market lis limited..,....Meal
is in fair supply, and good demand at
50 65(92 20. Country is plenty and
dull........Bran is in light supply, and
limited demand. Prices are steady at
from SIS to S20.........Potatoes are scarce
and wanted. The supply on the market
is very light. Prices range from soc to
81 20 per bushel, according to quality.
There is a light demand for
old potatoes for seeding pur.
poses, while thsre are none on the mar
ket"....Old chickens are plenty and
dull at 81 25(a2 so. Young chickens
are in fair supply and good demand at
81 % toS2 25..."".Thereis a big supply
of all kinds ofbutter on the market, and
prices are low and weak. Choic is
worth T0lSc. There is an oyerstock
ofeggs on the market and prices are
lower. They sold in round
lots to-day at S@9c......,.Fruit OF
all kinds Is becoming plenty and prices
are lower. Green apples are beginning
to make their appearance and are selling
from 20 to zoe box.......Thcre is no
change in the price OF other articles
quoted.
The weather is extremely warm and
dry, though indications for ram are good.
Intelligence from all portions of the
country confirm previous reports Of
the good quality and excellent yield
of wheat. We understand some of the
best known mills in this part of the
county will commence to grind new
wheat within the next week or ten DAYS,
The new wheat to be gound comes from
Tennessee.
River rates are lower-25 cents per
dry bbl., and l24 cents per cwt.
THE MARKET.
E1s~ Our friends should bear in NJ,
that the prices here given are only r
sales from first hands in round lot.
filling orders and tor broken lots 4.
necessary to charge an advance cr
these figures. ga
FLOUR.
There is somewhat in proved de-
mand for choice ia lily grades The il
curry tor low grade -four is extrrm "
light. Prices are steady at qun;arir,
Stocks are light and hardly rqu,l I, he
wants OF trade. Sales nor'd wtr... 100
bbls. choice family. So 30; 200 rbI.
choice family, IS 70; 100 bbls. variou>
grades, seas 90; $50 bbls yarou.
grades, $500 80:
HAY.
There Is a light demand for chnic,.
timothy to good mixed haN At prize,
quoted. There is very little on lh, ~ r
ket, and receipts are light Sales no d
We're ] car prime timothy Sl2 80; ear
choice mixed Sl2 cars prilue timothy
Sl2.
CORN.
There Is a lair demand for choice
white. Receipts are light and supply
light. Prices are steady at quotations
Sales reported Were: 2 cars white, III
bulk on |. G, track AZ; | car Flnc>
white, IN bulk. 5O,'; 2 cars white, in
bulk. On G. and V track. 4s1i; cars
white, in sacks, on orders, 57c; 1000
sacks white 56c 300 sacks mixed, ole.
OATS.
There is no demand for oats. Receipts
are light but sufficient for the wants
Of trade. Prices are steady at 3S,039c. =.
sales were: car Northern in bulk, on
orders, 40c; car choice Northern In
sacks, A..
MEAL.
The supply OF city meal on the market
is tair and prices are steady at S2.65(9
go. The demand is about equal to tie
supply. We note sales of $50 bbls. city,
81. G5@2.7 20; 1926 bbl,. city S2.7O. Coun-
try meal is plenty and quiet. No sales
were reported.
BRAN.
Bran is steady at SIS to $40 per ton.
There is only light supply on the MR.
ket and the demand is limited. We
note sales OF 100 sacks SIS; 50 sacks, $40;
80 sacks, SIS.
POTATOES.
Potatoes are scarce, and in good de.
mand. Sales were made at prices rang.
Ing from so cents to 81 %, according to
quality. There are no old potatoes on
the market. There is light dema,:d for
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