The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-25

NEW YORK, December 24-Evening. q Otf0n--
The Cotton Exchange is closed; the quotations are
nominally unchanged. Flour-receipts SSH bbis;
the market is shade firmer the improvement being
chiefy on low grades; shipping extra is in fair de-
mand checked somewhat by the scarcity of desirable
lines; sales 1860 bbls; No2 is quoted at 3 90
q 4 25; Supertne Western and State at So q 49,
tern and State at 70 co. White wi What Wesern
extra at % q IS; Fancy White Wheat Western
extra at 80 q 25; good extra Ohio at 45 q $50;
ia extra good to prime at 30 q 20; choice to dou-
BILE extra at 80 q 90; Southern -four unchanged
sales goo bbls. Rye flour is dull at s75 g IS for
2 IS q 50; Brandywine at 20 a 90. Wheat
receipts 14S,636 bush; market shade stronger with
fairly active export demand; sales 1923 900 bush
including ely 1900 on spot; "a for No 2 Chicago;
l 3S3 for hard No Milwaukee; 80 for New York
Nos Winter Red; 45 for New York No 2 Winter
White States 32t q 32t for No Spring, seller for
January; IS for No Winter Red seller January;
l AZ for 40 February. Rye is quiet. Harley dull
receipts 1852 262 bush; dull and in buyers favor
old firm; sales $4,000 bush spot SOC for unmer-
charitable; 559 a 55c nominal for New York No 8;
500 6O3c for steamer Mixed 643@ 65c for New York
No in store; 653 66c nominal for do afoat; colo
for steamer Yellow; 54c for White Southern; Coo
for Yellow Southern 64c for two years old Mixed in
store; 81 q 56c for ungraded Western Mixed at
store; 5000 bush No December at 651c. Oats-re-
cepts q 994 bush shade rmer; sales 1000 bush; 35
g 40c Tor Mixed Western and State; SO q 425c for
White do, including New York No 2 at $50; New
York Mop White at 394 q 39ac; New York No /
Western at s. q 3sic; Mixed State at ST Sic;
White State at By q 40c; New York No 8 at So q
3sic; do No 8 White at SOC. Coffee is nominally
unchanged Sugar is steady and more active at u
q u for fair to good refining; 7sc for prime; 1000
hhds Centrifugal at 81 Sac rened is steady and in
fair demand at % 9c for stanua I'd A; 81 for gran
ulated; SO for powdered; 81 for crushed. Molasses
Foreign nominal; New Orleans dull at 80 a SOC.
Rice is quiet and unchanged. Petroleum is
daSs a. at Isl refined at $ LOO o9
Naval sfores-Rosin is steady at 72A a 1 TT.
Turpcnttne steady at 33c for Spirits. Pork-spot
steady and fairly active; futures dull and I'M
changed: $50 bbs part at Is 25 seller December at
II 60 bid end 10 90 asked; seller January ~ IS bid
10 10 asked; seller February at IL 70 bid and 10 90
Western quiet; picked hams at 81; middes firm at
% lor western long clear; city do at g.; long and
short clear tor January at g. Lard is about steady
December at Is; 500 do January at ia; 400 dc
seller first half Of January ats 25 1000 do February
at SZI3. w hlskey is a shade tirmer at l 10.
Freights to Liverpool-the market is quiet and
firm; Wheat per steam at 81 q Cd.
| MILWAUKEE, Dec. 24-Flour is quiet and firm
Wheat is firm; MOI Milwaukee at IA; hard 1 1871
45sc for No q Oats quiet No 2 al 24sc Rye quiet
NO at 56c. Barley is neglected; No Q Spring at
&c. Provisions quiet and unchanged; MessPork at
Hogs d so.
keeeipts-1O,OOO bbs flour, So, 900 bush wheat.
Shipments-13,O0O bbs -four, $4,000 bush wheat.
| CLEVELAND, December 24.-Petroleum market is
unchanged.
| MEMPHIS, Dec. 2i.-Cotton quiet Middling up.
| lands at 10!c.
CHARLEsToN.IDec. 24.-Cotton is quiet; Middline
| uplands at 100 q 1O2c.
| SAVANNAH, Dec, 24.-Cotton quiet; Middling up
lands at 10sc.
| W1IM1NGgoN, Dec. 24.-Cotton nominal; hiddIins
| uplands at 10ic.
AUGUSTA. Dec. 24.-Cotton unchanged; Middling
| uplands at 10sc.
| NEW ORLAENs. Dec. 24.-Cotton quiet and easy
| Middling uplands 1Oac.
| NORFOLK, Dec. Neutrality-suspicious. doing: Mid.
| ding uplands at 1Oac.