The Portland daily press., 1878-03-01

Sugar quiet and firm; stock small; II a 7sc for far
TO good rehning; 7sc for prime; 200 hhds Centrifugal
standard 81 r ana iaF demand 81 at y ior
1or e4usned. MOlasses steady-New Orleans at %
g 4Sc Rice in fair request. Petroleum. is firm
600 bbs united at s4 es T@iio az Is Steady
at GIG g 70 Naval stores-Rosin unchanged
at 90 g g 60 for strained. Turpeniine steady
at SIC for Spirits Pork dull and scarcely SO firm
at III ~ "a IL 25 for mess; 465 bbs do part IL 25
futures nominal. Beef unchanged. Dressed Hogs
easier at a q Al for Western Cat Meats AIRED ull
middles at 81 q 81 for Western and CITY long clear
Lard-lOoo ties prime steam at 55 q 60, closing
at 81; 125o ties for March IS so, closing s.
z619 20; 1000 ties for May at so q S23 closing
77k q 80; $50 ties for june at co. Butter is dull
and unchanged. Cheese firm. Wiaiskey nominal
Freights to Liverpool-the market is quiet; Cot
ION 9-S2; Wheat per steam at q std; do sail u.
CHICAGO, February 2s.-Flour firm. Wheat is
excited and higher but unsettled opened strong and
higher and closed at inside prices; No 1 Chicago
Spring at l0a g II mo Chicago Spring, gilt edge,
oSs; regular at oss cash and seller March; ! 10
sedler April; sales at 90 q liz seller April; No
Chicago Spring at o. q O4k; rejected at 9lc Corn
IN active demand; opened strong and higher closing
seller March and Aprll seller May; rejected So
g 361c. Oats are dull and unchanged. Rye is fair
asye ana hFmer at &C. BARLEY is rmeE at a.
demand at 10 % for cash. 10 40 a 10 42l seller April
10 575 for May. Lard is steady at 20 cash. IS q
Z 371 for April; 45 q Z Az for May. Bulk Meats
l OF.
Receipts 800 bbs -four, $1,000 bush wheat, Co.
bush barley.
Shipments goo bbls Hour 80 900 bush wheat 2OO-
1900 bush barley.
At the afternoon call of the board the market closed
with Wheat frmer at 10 g 10s for March; 1 1Os
for April. Corn firmer at a higher. Oats are
firm and unchanged. Pork iirmer but not higher.
Lard firm.
81. LOUIS. February 2s.-F1our is quiet and firm.
Wheat firm; No Red Fall at 10 cash; 1873 bid tor
cash. Corn fairly steady at 42h a Age for cash; 421
q 42ac seller March. Oats unsettled and lower to
"a 56c cash. Whiskey is steady at 1 Oh. Pork quiet
at 10 70 cash. 10 IS for March. Bacon dull and I'M
changed shoulders 4s short riL 2O clear sides at
g.. Lard firm at rs bid for prime steam.
Receipts-3l00 bbls flour, 900 bush wheat, o..
600 bush corn, $500 bush oats 1000 bush rye OO0(
bush barley, 10000 hogs
TOLEDO, February 23.-Wheat opened higher
| closing easier; No White Michigan at 26 extra
| White Michigan at 80; Amber Michigan on spot
and seller March at 3O4; seller April 80 bid; No
20; seller April at 90 Corn firm High Mixed al
444c; May at 474c; No White at 45Ic; rejected al
4lAe; damaged at Acc. Oats dull; White Bic. Hogs
Receipts-oo bblsi -four, 10000 bush wheat, 7,Oot
bqsh corn, 1000 bush oats, 90 hogs.
l bush corn, 1000 bush oats.
The market for Wheat closed quiet; extra Whit,
Michigan 30; Amber Michigan on spot and Marcel
at "; seller April at 80; No Q Red Winter Marct
at %: April 90. Corn quiet; No 2 on spot held a
a5i; March held 45lc; May held 47a.
MIwAUKEE, February 2S-Flour quiet and firm
| ly held. Wheat unsettled and closed firm; No 1 Mil
/ yankee at Is for hard; No Milwaukee soft at IA
No2 Milwaukee at 10; seller February at 1 095
March 095; April 10A; No 8 at OBJ. Corn scare
and wanted; No nominally at 44c. Oats are steady
| No2 at 25c. Rye scarce and frm No l at 56c. Bar
ley dull mo Spring for March at 524; April at b23
55c. Provisions-Mess Pork steady at 10 3d. Lard
prime steam at 30; kettle 49, Dressed Hogs stead
| at 425.
Receipts, 500 bbls -four, 81, 900 bush wheat.
| Shipments-10,Oo0 bbs -four, 10 600 Oush wheat.
DETROIT, February 2s.-wheat unsettled; extr
White Michigan at Se4 g 300; No White Mich
/ igan at 26.
Receipts-21, 600 bush wheat.
| Shipments 900 bush.
| BALTIMORE, February 2S.-Cotton DILL Middlin
| uplands 10sc.
| AUGUSTA, February 2S.-Ootton quiet and easy
Middling uplands at 10 q 10ac.
| OEARIEsToN, February 2s.-Cotton quiet; Mid
| ding uplands 10ac.
| MOBILE, February 2s.--Cotton is quiet and easy
Middling uplands at 102c.
| SAVANNAH, February 2S.--Cotton.is dull ;aIddlin
| uplands at 105c.
WILMINGTON, February 28-Cotton steady; Mid
| ding uplands at 10c.
NORFOLK, February 2S.-Cottcn steady; Middlin
| uplands at 10sc.
NEW ORLEANS. February 2s.--Cotton dull an
easy; Middling uplands logo.
| GALVESTON, February 2S-Cotton dull; Middlin
| uplands at 10}c.