The Portland daily press., 1877-08-29

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s-Evening- Cotton market is
easy at Lie advance; sales 0O9 bales; mddling up
III; futures quieter and closed IL points lower Flour
receipts 10,227 bbis less active and scarcely so
strong; without decided change; sales 10000 bbls No
2 at 0O q 60; Superfne Western and State at 10
"a 60; extra Western and State at 90 q 65; choice
do 10 q 10; White Wheat Western extra at 6 Is
"a 06 rs; Fancy White Wheat Western extra at so "a
$40; extra Ohio at 90 "a rs; common to extra St
Louis at 10 a 25; Patent Minnesota extra good
to prime at SIS q 75; choice to double extra at
steady. Wheat-receipts 1877 272 bush; the market
Is q &c lower: shippers with scarcely any orders
from abroad were inclined to hold off; sales 266O0O
for No Chicago; 31a q 50 for Winter Red Wes-
tern; So for White Southern; SO for No Winter
Kentucky 1 40 do Indiana; 4l4 do Michigan; 44f
q 44t for No Winter Red for August, closing at
ss bid 4 a asked; g g g. DO ssptsmbeE clos
September, closing 224 bid, 90 asked. Rye little
more active; 2100 bbs Western at &c. 1900 bush of
State to arrive by 4th September at sic. Barley is
quiet. Barley Malt is dull. Corn-receipts 226,SOO
bush;th market is heavy and q lower ;sales 232,
warm Western Mixed; So q 551c for ungraded Wes-
tern Mixed, latter High Mixed; 54a q DOC for New
1sa M og eosng At e b @
asked 55 @ 55lc No for August closing at 55c bid,
55ac asked 55c for steamer Mixed September, closing
at 54sc bid and 55c asked 56c tor No Sept closing
at 55sc bid 56c asked. Oats-receipts $500 bush;
market and "a lower; sales 81, 200 bush; 20 "a SIC
Tor Mixed western and State; 80 C0 40c for White
Western and Sta1e including New York No 8 at
314c; New York No at 33 q 34c; New York No 2
White at So "a 364c; New York No at 35c; ungrad-
ed Western Mixed at "a q 4Oe; old New York No
at 33c including 10000 bush old No Chicago in store
at 32c; 10000 bush No last half September at 34c.
Sugar quiet and firm; g Sac for iair to good REIN
ing; prime Ss refined is firm and in better business
104c for standard A; 10sc for granulated and pow
dered; IL for crushed. Molasses steady but quiet.
Rice is steady at 81 q 81 tor Carolina. Petroleum is
frmer and quiet crude at 73 refined at IA reported
$4,000 bbls united crude at 53a a 80 regular. Tai
low steady at 81 (9 3-16. Naval Stores-Rosiu is
quiet. Turpentne is steady at 355c. Pork dull and
lower closing steady 100 bbls mess part at 10 lO
500 bbls seller September 70 9O Beef is quiet. Cut
Meats Inactive. Lard opened heavy and closed more
steady; 965 tcs prime steam at spot and to arrive
at IS q 75 2250 ties for September at 62A "a TO-
closing at 8 81. Whiskey is nominal at 1 IA bid Is
asked.
Freights to Liverpool-the market is quiet and
firm; Cotton per steam Id; Wheat per steam lid.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-Flour is finn. Wheat is dull;
NO Spring OF cash 05 seller August 96fc seller
1or Septembef 95a 95sc seller October NO Spring
at OO. Corn dull and dropping at 42c cash and for
Sept Oats dull and dropping at 225c cash. 23a a 234
seller september. Rye easier at 52t q 53c. Barley
dull Pork unsettled at IL 25 cash and September.
Lard is dull 81 cash; 81 September. Bulk Meats
unchanged shoulders at 51c short rib middles at 65
short clear do at boxed cash..
Freights-Corn to Buffalo q 93.
Recepts-6500 bbls flour, 127 900 bush wheat, 2S7.
00o bush corn, $4,000 bush oats, 5000 bush Of rye
20, eco bush barley.
Shpments-6O0O bbls -four, Al 900 bush wheat. 1885,
00o bush corn $4,000 bush oats, 55 goo bush barley
21,000 bush rye.
TOLEDO, Aug 2S.- Flour steady. Wheat il firm;
No White Wabash 80; No 2 Amber Michigan al
81 extra WhiteMichigan at 354; Amber Michigan
on the spot at 27 seller for August at 264; seller
September at III; No Red Winter on SPOT at 26;
August 27; September at 164; No 3 Red Wabash
at 1S bid mo Dayton and Michigan Red %. Corn