The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-23
rNpIANAPoI.Is CLEARING HOUSE.
Commercial.

Monday, January 2I-............. 2O5,o00 5000
Tuesday, January 2.-............ 294,Oo zSOoV
Commercial.
Business to-day was fairly active in all
branches OF trade. The order trade has been
Improving during the last few days, and prices
are well maintained.
The grocery market has been quite active
for the past week or ten days.
Sugars and coffees are firm and active.
Canned goods are in good request, and for
eign fruits quiet and steady.
Receipts OF eggs are almost equal TO the de-
mand, and prices are undergoing no changes.
There is a fair trade doing in butter.
Poultry is quiet and unchanged.
Game is steady.
Apples are in good demand, and prices firm
The New York Bulletin of the Nth says:
Coffee-These is still an absence of good, ,
solid yigor ON the movement OF the Brazil
esting for the day. About former rates are
asked and quoted, but they are in reality NOM
inal, In the absence of a basis of actual sales,
nothing having changed hands to-day. AT
New Orleans there has been sold recently 1000
bags Rio per "Watch."
on the mid grades buyers continue to take
matters easy, and the demand is slow. The
accumulation is pretty full, and shows some
very attractive parcels, but lacking the force
of necessary addition to their supplies for
distribution, the majority OF jObbers seem In
clined 10 allow goods TO remain In frst hands
until they are wanted. We hear of no sales
to-day, but the revised record for the week
embraces 2740 bags Maracaibo, 1872 do Laguay-
ra, 5l9 Savantlla. 100 1t. Domingo, 20 Next
and 10 Costa Rica. Java is slow and
nominally unchanged. The stock other than
Rio embraces 81 $40 mats Java, 9,2l0 do SInga-
pore, 22639 Maracal0O, 1855 Laguay IA, ,I13
Jamaica, 2.074 st. Domingo. 25b Costa Rica,
2,53s Mexican, Slo Augostura and 2Y5Sl Sava-
nilla.
Sugars.-Raws show very much the same
general features so long current. The princi-
minaliOn moderation
and only upon positive and extreme limit OF
cost, while in some cases the most desirable
together for the time being. On this basis,
therefore. the position is firm and current
seIisrs Views. On the part of buyers. however.
the old resistance continues and demand
amounts to little. We have no sales positively
well authenticated rumor that within a day
or two some 1000 hhds New Orleans here and
to arrive have changed hands.
Refined continue well sustained, q little
nrmer if anything in some cases, and the
movement is fairly up to supply. Demand,
however, shows more or less of the old caution,
aad is covered in the main by small orders
There has been some activity in the provis-
ion market during the past few days, and the
market rules quiet hut firm.
Flour is dull and unchanged.
There is but little life in the wheat market,
and prices are unchanged.
The corn market continues dull and heavy.
There is considerable business doing in dry
goods.
The New York Bulletin in reviewing that
m.rket for the past week speaks as follows:
During the early part of the week under re
view business continued very quiet with the
package houses, but some improvement was
developed. before it's close, owing TO the arrival
of good many prominent western and SOUTH
western buyers, who have been out of the
Bnvers Of The absse class were. how
mt in net fnrc ufr-r
to the check given to the distributing trade
BY the still impossible condition of
the roads In some parts of the interior. There
was more liberal demand for some descrip-
lions OF gnods by Texas and California jobOerS,
and as considerable Quantities Of spring
goods, piques, shirIing prints, hosiery, ETC.,
were delivered by agents on account OF previ-
ous orders, the aggregate distribution OF the
time OF year, though perhaps h. IS in volume
than at the CORE ponding ! siod In some
Tue iobbing trade was devoiu of animation.
but there was a steady demand for small
quantities of seasOnable goods by the near by
trade. and orders to a fair aggregate were re-
ceived from interior retailers Light fancy
s ann nv few of the leading firms having
cheap lots to offer, End cotton goods were in
steady though moderate request, but dress
goods, shswis and skirts were severauy in
light demand.
Cotton Goods.-The cotton goods market was
While ~ there was r fendency toward higher
prices on some leading makes of brown sheet
ings, denims, ducks, tickings and c6Sset jeans,
shirtings, aud print cloths were a shade lower.
"Fruit OF the LOOM" "A bleacbed shirtings,
were reduced by agents to9c net. OdayS, which
price induced liberal purchases, and there Is
reason to believe that Jobbers will find II TO
their intere-t to refrain from subjecting these
goods to "cutting" quotations. Aside from
bleached cottons, In which some large trans
actions occurred sales were mostly restricted
to comparatively small lots of the various
makes OF goods, and the aggregate distribution
from first hands was only OF moderate proper
lions. The exports OF domestics from this port
for the week ending January Is reached Z So
packages, and from Boston 1877 packages, or
total OF 77S packages.
was steady demand for small selections of
brown cotfOns at first hands. and sales, COM
order. enabled acents TO effect a fair distri-
button for the time Of year. Leading makes
OF noe browns and courtyard browns con-
eases firmlyImaintained at unchanged quo
PrInis.-There was a continued light move
ment IN fancy prints from agents hands,
though a few leading makes OF new spring work
were taken with some freedom by California
demand, but staples, robes, MORNINGS and
Turkey reds remained dull. Spr ng fancies
have haze not yet been opened TO tne general h1
fully determined upon, but agents are
daily receiving new styles from the works,
spring work on the market, though stocks are
likely to be much smaller than at he COR
responding period Of LAST. year, as very few
printers are running their machines to their
full capacity. some of the leading jobbers
Effected large sales OF low priced light,
fancy and shifting prints. Agents have
made the following prices for Ameri-
can prints; American fancies &c; do shirting
SIC; do robes sc; do green and orange 61zc;
d5 10 checks &c: do seersuckers &c; DO indigo
blue and white &c.
tiinghsms.-There was moderate move
msut In staple and fancy glnghams, but dress
styles ruled quiet on account. OF the meager