The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-05

NEW YORK, April 4-Evening.-Cotton is steady
915-16c; do New Orleans and Texas at 10 Lice; do
stained at 916c; middling uplands and Alabama at
11sc; do New Orleans and Texas at 11sc; do stained
abou2O points; sales POSI- bales; delivered con-
tract 500 bales. Four-the market to-day is a 10c
better. with more business doing for export and
home use; No 2 at 4 80 q s 95: Superfne West
ern and State at 10 a 80; common to good extra
Western and State ats 80 g 40; good to choice do
at As q 65; common to choice White Wheat
Western extra at 20 q q 20; Fancy White Wheat
Western extra Z 80 "a 50; common to good extra
Ohio at 30 q 90; common to choice extra st Louis
at 50 9 s25; Patent Minnesota extra good to
prime at 90 as 50 choice to double extra at so q
10 so; the market closing steady; receipts 65SS bbs;
sales 1900 bbls; Southern -four is active and
sales Of 1903 bbls Rye Hour is steady at Is a s.
for supertine Cornmea is firm and unchanged
Western, Jersey, and Pennsylvania at 275 q 90;
Brandywine 20. Wheat-the market opened better
and closed quiet, with the advance about lost, and
moderate demand for export and milling; ungraded
Spring 80 q 43; old No Chicago afoat at | 43;
No Milwaukee in store at 40 a 3d. closing att the
inside price; Fancy Amber Michigan and extra
White at 70; No2 Chicago quoted at 46 q 47c;
receipts 1890 bush; sales 19 900 bush. Rye is quiet
unchanged. Corn is without decided change, with a
moderate demand for export and home use; un-
graded Western Mixed at 53a q 55c; New York No 5
at SOC; White Western at SEC; Yellow Southern on
dock at Sic; White Southern at Bog q SIC; receipts
66525 bush sales l25,00O bush also 100000 bush Old
Western Mixed in store at 55c; 5000 bush at 553c
5000 bush steamer Mixed delivered next week at 57c
5000 bush do the last half Of May at Sale Oats
without material change; New York No 2 at 43k q
44ac; New York White at 46c New York No 1
White at 55c; extra at 53a "a SIC; Mixed Western at
SO q Ash; White Western at 49c delivered; mixed
Western and State ate 50 g SIC; White Western and
Pennsylvania Acc; receipts $1,000 bush; sales $4,000
bush. Coffee is quiet and unchanged. Sugar is dull
and unchanged. Molasses unchanged. Rice slow er
and in better demand; Carolina at q &c; Louisiana
at AZ q 5sc. Petroleum quiet, firm and unchanged.
Tallow steady and unchanged. Naval Stores-Rosin
steady and. unchanged. Turpentine steady and un-
changed. Pork opened frmer, and closing shade
easier; $50 bbs mess at 10 90 "a 15 Is closing
Is l24; 5000 bbs seller for May at "A S. closing at
closing at is 05. Beef dull. Cut Meats quiet; hams
1Oc; middes firm at 81 for Western long clear; city
long clear at 81. Lard opened higher and closed
scarcely 80 m Az eIces OF prime steam at 10 oe
at 973 225O do seller for June at 10 124 a 10 90
closing at 10 10. Whiskey a shade tirmer at Oh.
Freights to Lverpool-the market is about steady;
Cotton per sail at Id; do per steam at 1d; Corn
per steamer at AID; Wheat per steam at 41d.
CHICAGO, April 4.-Flour firm; Winter extra 5 Is
1878; Minnesota extra 50 "a 25; Minnesota pa
Wheat active, firm and higher but unsettled; No.
Chicago Spring 2ss cash; 33s seller for May; 344
seller June; No3 Chicago Spring at l 20 q % !;
rejected at OLE q OBJ. Corn is active and higher
at 3Ssc cash. Age for May 43c for June rejected at
300. Oats dull and shade lower at 3Uac cash: 34Ic
seller May; rejected at 2slc. Bye is steady and
is active firm and higher at IA % q la 50 cash or
seller for May; IA 50 a Ii 37a seller for june Lard
is active firm and higher at so cash; 60 seller for
May; 70 for June. Bulk Meats are tirmer, but not
quotably higher shoulders at Oh short ribs "A "a "a;
short clear sides at 81. Whskey is stronger; sales
Rsoeipts-7,5OO bbls -four II, 500 bush wheat, o..
900 Dush corn, 5000 bush oats, 5000 bush barley,
$50 bush of rye.
Shipments bbls four 900 bush wheat, &c.
600 busbe corn 5000 bush oats, 300 bush barley,
3I5 bush rye
At the afternoon call of the board Wheat was
&c higher. Corn irmer and unchanged. Pork
and Lard unchanged.
ST. LOUIS, April 4.-Flour is quiet and unchang-
ed; Superine Fall at so q GO; extra Fall aG Is
a so; double extra do s. g 80; treble extra at
90 q I %. Wheat is excited and higher; No Red
Fan at 57icash: No Fall at 50 for cash; 52l g
l 52h seller for May. Corn-No2 Mixed at 39s a
39sc cash. 39l @ 39e seller April; 4oc for May Oats
are frmer; No at 35sc BID cash Rye hrmer at &c.
IA rs cash. II 80 seller for May Lard is frner at 81
asked aud 81 bid. Bulk Meats are finn clear rib
sides at "a. Bacon dImer;, for shoulders; 81 for
clear rib sides; for clear sides. Whskey quiet and
Recelpts-2,2O0 bbls nour, 10000 bush whear, 49,
BOO bushs corns 5000 bush oats, 1000 bush barley,
1000 bush rye, 90 head hogs, 90 head cattle.