The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

NHN YORK, March 4-Evenng.-COtto market
upIands at lie; New Orleans at 11tc futures opened
to II points higher but portion of the advance was
lost before the close. Flour-reeipts 1888 bbls;
dull and heavy grade above 30 10 a 20 lower ;sales
1000 bbls; No2 275@ 8 80; Superfine Western
and State 10 q 90 ;extra Western and State 90 @
Is; choice Western and State at 20 @ 90; White
Wheat Western extra at 6 05 q 6 rs; Fancy White
Wheat Western extra at 80 a 90; good extra Ohio
at 90 at %; extra St Louis at 10 "a co. Patent
to double extra at 90 a 80; Southern -four is dull
and drooping; sales 600 bbls; extra at 80 a 90.
Rye -four quiet and steady. C0rnmeaI unchanged.
Wheat-receipts 222,2 50 bush q lower with a
moderate business doing for export at declne sales
262 600 BUSH including $4,000 on spot; 06 for re-
3f AaFadkee; ~ or No North Western and No
Milwaukee; 81 for No Winter Red; SO for No
White; 4S @ 435 for White State; IS for ungrad-
"a "a 25 No2 Spring for march, closing at 24i
bid, 244 asked; Is q 25a do April, closing at
"a bid g asked DO May at % bid IS asked
asked; do April at "a bid, % asked do for May at
"a bid 26 asked; No Winter Red seller March
closing at 80 bid. / SO asked. Rye is firm with
fair export inquiry. Barley is duh ana unchang-
ed. Barley Malt is dull. COrn-recepts 1928
bush; the market is shade lower with moderate
export and home trade demand sales 1874, 300 bush,
including $4,000 on spot; 3Slc for damaged; 4sA q
BIC for ungraded Western Mixed; 50 q 5Oic for New
York No 3; 81 q 523c for steamer Mixed; 555 "a 56c
tor No q Goo tor old do 56c for Yellow Western; IS
q Coo for White Southern 58c for White Jersey SIC
Tor round yellow; 5Z3 Tor steamer Mixed seller for
March, closing at SIC bid, 522c asked 54c do April
closing at 53c bid. BIC asked; do May 53ac bid, 55c
asked; do June 54sc asked; No 2 for March closing
bid 561c bid, $500 asked 81 q sac do for May clos
ing 56sc bid SIC askei do June 55} bid 58c asked
42,150 bush; the market is shade
frmer; sales $1,000 bush; 35c for New York No q 355
for No 2 White; 40c for No White; IS q 353c for
Mixed Western; SO a 3sac for White Western: 35
Mixed State; SO q SIC for White State; 35tc for No
Chicago including No for March at 354c. Coffee
quiet and unchanged. Sugar firm and in fair de-
mand; II a 7sc Tor far to good refnng TIC prime;
500 hhds and 500 boxes Centrifugal at II q 81; re-
fined in moderate trade at 81 % for standard A 81
q 81 for graduated; 81 q for powdered; 81 for
ciushed. Moiasses-Foreign dull; New Orleans
steady at % q &c., Rice steady. Petroleum is
quiet and steady crude at 7sc; refined at 1871; 5000
bbls united at 167a l 7Os. Ialiow steady at u
@ GIG. Naval sfores-Rosin steady at 55 q
for Spirits Pork dull and lower; 80 bbls mess at
10 IS 10 s5 IS bbls family at II % 25O bbls for
May 10 rs. Beef dull. Dressed Hogs easier at 4a
for Western. Cut Meafs-middles at 8 TIC for
Western long clear; city do 3D. Lard is decidedly
lower; $40 ties prime steam at 323 q 40, closing
at 50 bid $500 ties seller April at 40 at 424; $3.50
tcs for May at 80 q IS, closing 50 q 52; June
quoted at 62k % %. Butter is heavy Cheese is
urn. w hiskey quiet at OF.
Freghts to Liverpoo-the market is dull and
dropping; Cotton 932; Wheat per steam at r. @ Sd
sail u.
CHICAGO, March 4.-Flour is dull and unchanged
neat in fair demand but lower and closed heavy;
No Chicago Spring at o.; No 2 Chicago Spring,
guy edge, at 0St; regular at 0S bid for cash. oSs
" Vo4 seller March, 07s 81 07a seller April. Corn