Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-20

The market today generally is steady s2d &
shade hrmer Flour is q1iet and unchanged.
Wheat is firm though receipts tire Ii. b.; the
offerings to-day amounted to 500 bushels, and
sales wers made at 100. III, and TO- for Fu':z,
and 1Oi, 105 and 1O6 for Lsncsste. Cor fair 10
goo5. Corn is steady and 10 bushels brought
80, 80 and / for white and a. for yellow. No
Rye reported and one small lot of Oats brought
30. Coun.ry Pro1uce is STEADY and prices ad
ysncing. Butter and Eggs are firm, AID sell
readily at quotations. Dresse! Hogs and Tur-
keys arc scarce ard wanted, Apples and Po.
tstoes sre higher. Bacon i. dull and hssvy with
but little doing on account of the arrival Of
dressed poultry, Other articles unchanged.
RICHMOND MARKET, Deer. l9-The market
generally IS quiet. Tho demand Tor Flour Is
limited and confued principally 20 in med s.e
homo consum ptlon We continue 70 quot o. 81
Sc % for fue to choice family brsnds IT. o.
erings Of Wheat are light, with sales Of 0jal02
for fair 20 prime Fulz red. Sales of white Cora
(Which is ecarce. but dull. at 38s4O t1r good 10
prime. Small parcels Of Oats brought SIC for
prime Spring Sa'e' OF q lie" Ousne:s o. rye
at C5.
LYNCuBURa MARKET Dec 19-In the mar
ket Tor Flour there is no change to note, snd
quotations remain as before, Wis 3aS6 for fine
to fancy family brands. Wheat is quiet, with
light receipts and limited demand; prices are
from 05 LOO, as to quality, for white and red. In
Corn there is but little doing, and rr ces are
droorog. being from 4Ca45 for white and mixed.
Osts !s35 for spring, and 38s42 tor nter Rye
nomina!.y $3.50 Pork in gcol demand at ia
S4 Is for dressed Hogs.
FREDERIcXsBURa MARKET. Dee. 10 -Flcur
is quiet win limited ou.sids damand, except
fur ctoies brands quotations S3 IS for supers 10
Sc SO for choice B1idgeWater family. Wheatls
conng ia in small quantities, and sells for e5a
100 for FuIlz and Lancaster .g"od to PRIME.
Corn 3S.40 with very light receipts. kye nom
inslly 60 SIS, and Oats 27o8.
BALT1NcRE SUGAR AID COFFEE MARKET
Snyars.-oJocK OF raw here now 993 mas VIZ:
729 Porto Hico and l69 Now Orleans but we
nave 10 ssles whatever to note 10 day. aad for
refining stock there is at present no inquiry.
The N ARK ct is steady, however, and We quite as
before viz:
Fair to good refining G. q Cuba centrifusals
at,1,73 cts Deperera centrifugal 74a?4 Cents
Fseu, Island Ct ~ cts. and new crop New Or
lesns at from e 10 81 cts.
Cof-e.-Ihe bio sdvices to-day report
stror ger market for G, fee there, and the news
ba iu usrted somewhat frner tone to lhs mar
ket here Buyers and sellers are however, still
widely apart in their views, and though there
AZ been considerable bidding to day, 1t has re
heaT OF being Tne of $50 bags Rio at lOf cts We
ouots Is follows, though vsuatioDs are nominal
IS peel lily for feir and grades above. We quote,
w: kio, common Ct 10 cts; ord,nsry. l03a1L
ct,,; fair l4al44 cts; good, 14lal4S cts. and
prlmy. IS ,l54 cts, all gold, 81 dsys.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET Cec'r. 10 -
Beayes-Ar:iva's TAI head. rne market was
falr aud better than .Eers WAS reason to expect |
it to be. Good, prime end extra ateers were In
demand at rather stronger prices, while Inferior