, 1877-05-15

Also IT, 8;H bu syo shipped by rail, Id, 900 bu do
to 1aaao. D. :05 bu do taken Tor city. Total. ~,
0a0 bu rye. AMI TO-. .1f ta barley by rail- 100,.
alt ba do 10 Buffalo. }s bH do to Huron. 81, 11D
bn do to Kingston. 20, :s.B bu do taken tor city.
Total, 40, 408 bu barley.
1lEghwinea are depressed. With Cincinnati ut
3l.07, md Peorta ut 3l.07h, who the Gust OF
production ID 9Ll0, oae i!stlllars have been
Obliged to store ther production fur tho past ton
days, anl the result waa An unhealthy acou.rula-
tton. Ono Ut them stated yesterday that l,o would
sell At 81 0H: but no sale wss made below 81 .0B.
That. however, was drop Ut lhc per gallon.
II IL prulabtc that MI 1rtaNgeuen will b. made
shortly among members VI tho hoard OF trrnde of
thA eitY Tor keeping record Of commercial dead.
beats, so that oau bIse Of the cherry vii! usually
suffice.
A good deal OF canal corn IL now betng un,oadel
at Juliet, which would tu this city II tho In
spcctfuM wsfG ulnda 10 suit tho shippers. This
fact does not prove that tho standard Of inspection
here IL too high. We aro now gradually nearing
the tue whca damp corn will asseft ita !ldlsputa.
ha right 10 sprous und grow; and 1t will Ia well II
uur Inspection has been strict enough 10 prevent
the CRY Of "hut corn" IN t4Ia city.
Wo hear also that oats arc bciny shipped from
Lockpo1t by canal To Toledo. for tts seAaon that.
though otherwise good, they weLyh ono pound 10
Thu measured bushtI less than our No, STANDARD.
A gentleman In trun Cherokee, Ia,, ruports that
the grasshoppees arc 70 thick there to cover the
GROUND. The latter part OF last wuak they stack
cd twanty-arrc pAtgh Of Wheat belunRing ~ hini,
nnu sooH removed every trace 0f vegetation, They
then moved nctos4 tho road, and when hc left weFu
putting uslghboFs farm through the xame proc
ess.
Tie sbove indicates shst tho gtssshoppcns arc not
all dead yeti sud slightly takss tho cdgo o6 p,opo-
silon made yesterday on Change. TLls was 10
tue effect that tbs farmers cwe yotp Of thanks to
tho pests for having Scared them lnto holding bnck
their curu Till tho wnr made It possible to rcaize
10t15c per bu moro than would havu bGun possl-
bic with earlier sales.
The lealIny produce markets were generally
heavy ysateslay. with not much sctlslty, There
wa4 Widespread dcslro 10 sell, and not Yery much
disposition 10 buy. Tho markets stafted out
rather brskly. but tho carly wua 10 the effect
that british consols were stronger, and the bread-
stuifs a3vfces also tended 10 easier fsuxs. This
ed u The impression here that psacs prospects for
Western Europe arc considered lilt!s
brighter On lhs Other side Of the Atlantic,
aud that brought out scllsra from among tho4o
who bought last wcs.. Tho weather was dne and
apparently sottted though ths barometer was toe
high for steaaIncssl aud tue promise for the coming
harvest was generally caaaidcseA good, IN spite VI
| rather tarly spring. There was also some dt.-
position to set with reference To tho fact that nsxi
month Will try tho temper Of grain In xloro und
bad weather msy be tho nieans OF some dc&eEtotA.
tlon In condition. Hence shipping orders were
scarce, and tho whole tradc iucllnel to lullncas.
There was quisa market far domcstlc dry
goods, The demand being principally restricted Il
sall orders from tho city aud nuar- BY trade. I'll.
volume VI business, however, IL fully as large o,
jo6befs have hcIA accustomed to expect u thL
sc1son VI the year. Tho demand for QfocsEes wa
llbesul. both staple and side gools were utdstes
freely. aud nFmne.s again prevailed In all depart
] usns Vi thu MARKET No 9aotable changes wcs'