, 1877-02-14

consumption: 1,459 bu wheat, 10, S:sD bu corn,
oU5 tu oats, 1,o74 bu rye, 2,0n3 In barley,
Tho following grain waa inspected into stoEo IN
this city on Tuesday morning: :.caes No. . spring,
l car No. do, car rejected do. car no grads
u wheAti; ear htgh.m!xed corn, 9 cars now do
8 cars new mixed, o3 cars No. corn. IN cars re-.
Jcctel lh3 corul; cars No. oats, cars rejected
do. car No. eryc, car rejected do. cars No, .
barley, cara No. j do, l car rejected do. Total,
70 cars, or ~. GOO hH. Inspected out: 1880 bu
wheat, n, IT,. hu corn, 2, lb1 bu oats Ja4 In rye,
2, o,314 III barley.
A chapgr In the margin rule, so as to mnkc Il
Impossible for any oac to ns!st npon moro than &
per cent being deposited In addition 10 margin M
Or down TO tho value Of the property IL loudly dc.
mandcd by Soinc operators, though they Ilaro not
yet formally demanded thu change. They say that
the very ralc which was framed for the purpose OF
protecting the poorer cass Of operators fsol being
bulldozed by capital II now usca to Cypress them,
A country miller was bcwalttnY Ills ,utAfogtuncs
yesterday. slo sent In 100 brls Of low gtaao Hour,
and ordered the short aaie Of TO, 900 ha Of WHEAT
against 1t. Tho wheat market advanced .syc peF
bu, wlp'ag out tho value Of Tho our and tho wheat
was bought In ut tho difference. All tsuding on
Chanys Il not profit; ~ all that gllttess IL not
gold.
Ills now proposed that tho stocks Of provisions
In t,s city shall be posted tho bulletin board Ia
DETAIL speclfylng tho parties or places that hold
tbs property. This II done in tho case OF grain,
mud tho adoption Ut tho sao plan In regard 10 PRO.
visions would probably take away ali ccuye for
complaint that The stocks arc not reported .cof-
tectly. -
the MAnRETs.
Tho leading pruducv inAsketA were moderately
active yesterday In the aggregate, but moi lurgcly
10, sumo of them being rather quiet rroyisions
WIRE enster. and grain drnsr, bu. tho changes Ia
priccs wers far from being ~ wide ~ IL ths usual
rnle. Tbs receipts Of grain were about the smal.
cat over known since the sat week after tho great
hfe. aud tho ahpmcnts wcRo only moderate. The
roads Ii tho country have been good nessly all
through tho winter till within y week OF two, aud
tho later mud Il beginning 10 tell badly upon our
receipts VI Kfaln. especially corn which has hith-
cfto been forwarded very freely. Tho weather was
aue, but tathes conducive to more mud IN tbs coun.
Try than otherwise, Aud thu majority OF operators
wete inclined 70 expect light receipts during the
remainder Of tho month, both In hogs and grain.
The dry goods market Was salsly active In most
departments and drm all at0u1d, DuyeFsnre pres.
cnt In goodly numbers. and are ordering On muss
generous scale than In past seasons atA like period
There WAS fair demand for groceries at generally
weIl'sustatned prices. decline III sugar. Vt an ,,e
being lilo only thsnye n0tca. Cofces wero held
with slightly Increased Gsnsne4s tp response to
more foroTablo adylecs from tho yeu. board maF.
ket Airs, spices, teas, aud common nolasses
weEo tra. In tho market fof dried fsui there WA
reasonable degree Of activity, and for both fof.
cign end domestic varieties tho tenor OF prices was
afm. Pfuues Of thu la72 crop vera hold kDHc
hiRher-pow quoted At 8li10tsc. Fish wcss 10
guod request Ut steady figures. No chanscs wcro
! reptIte1 In the butter and cheese market, Tho
demand for grain bags WAY llbesl for thu SEASON,
and the market malutafns luOyuut tons. Leather,
tobaeco. paints. and co1ors, were quoted dull aud
UNCHANGED. Uls were qulet, With carbon aud lus-
pentine offered At lower 6guscs. Lard, lInseed. aud
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