Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-15
COMM HCXAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, Ccrr. 15.-The mar
ket today is dull and quiet But little Is doing
in Flour, and prices are nominal. Ihe receipts
of Wheat have somewhat increased, and Today
about 2l5O bushels were offered, s1d sold st from
q to 1O3 as to quality. Corn he's considerably
declined and 116O bushels brought &c. Nothing
doing in Rye or Oats. Country produce scarce
and quiet.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Oct'r. II. 1878.
ICst.le are sold at these figures live weight
HOG. are sold at net weight, that is 20 per cent
Irauersy) OF from the live weight. Sheep arc
,od gross. that is live weight or nothing off.
Beef Cattlc-Prices to-day ranged IS follows ::
Best Beeves..":.. - G.
Ganersly rated first quality 62 %
Medium or good fair quality ..........2 IS 8 8 62
IIrInsrythln Steers, Oxen and Cows 2 so 2 IS
Extreme range ofprlces. Gu W
Most of the sales were from ..........3 CO co
ro..l receipts for the week 1858; total ss les 1878
INA market at wholesale was more actiVo and
nricas . shade better thsn last week. but the re-
t.il trade wss very draggy. and prices sstc less
than they wero last Monday out with very li!t!o
vsrs,ion from Tuesdays figures. The tops
showed loss decline than the other grades, and
tharo were considerable more of them than last
Mich Cows-The receipts consist largely of
common Cows; good ones are IN tair demand.
We quote prices at 2osSoo per head IS to
SLrcp-T'hera has baen fair supply III tho
~,srtst This week sud in most of the pens q fair
,hyuph no! ut any lime an actlve domand Ihero
!: sonie call for Sheep for the Eastern markets,
hn. It is not lively. We quote butcher Sheep AT
3.,l:, per ID, few selling st either extreme;
stock wethers SHADE; ewes at 2 50aSS, and com.
mon stockers 75sS2 per head; Lambs 4a5c per
ID gross. Receipts this week 4I3O head.
Hogs-The number Of tho receipts is full sgf'n
this week, varying but little from the Hum6et
lss. week and the same time ono year ago. The
quality is quite fair. fully MS good az j! was last
week. The demand is only moderate in most Of
the pena, no activity being dscernable in any Of
tho yards. Thore has been steady decline IN
prices sioce this day lsst week. We quote COM
and be;t butcher Hogs at 43a5!; few selling at
The latter figure most sales being made at A. 45c
Ter 10 MT The receipts to Saturday morning
were som o 1850 hesd, and since then $3.50 Be-
yclp!. this Week 500 bead.
BALTIMORE, Oct. l. Virginia Gs, rerd g! do
Consolidated "a do ~ series 2ls psst duo
COUPONS Sls Cotton dull and heavy; m;1dling
uoninally 10. Flour more active and easy.
hu. not quotsby lower. Nheat-Southn:n dEll
lower; Southern red e54l0O; do amber l03aio);
No2 Western winter red spot and Oct SO; Nov
lIC, .lCCt; Deer l0l!al0ll: Corn-Southern
dull, wesk and nomusl; Western dull and
we.k; Southern white 6la53 old; 43a43 new
Western mixed spot and Oct 4Gia46i; Nov 4ts
al steamer 454. Oats fairly active and stoad-
Ter Southern Z8a9O; Western white 29.3O; do
mixed 26aa2s; Penna $3.50 Rye quiet and
steady at 54s5G Hay dull. Sugar quiet and
steady A soft 9!a9t. Coffee dull; . cargoe9
uominally l34al69. Whiskey firm ct 81 -.
NEW York, October l5-Stoeks unsettled.
Norey OBJ. uold lOU!. Flour dull. Wheat
steady Corn dull.