Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-08
COMMERCIAL,

ALEXANDRIA MARKET. Octr. 9.-There is
no change to note in the market since yesterday.
Flou- is dull and quiet Wheat is quiet and
easy st about yesterdays quotations.; the Offer
ings amounted &c BIZ. z0,0 bushels, and sales
wore made at Gosi0l for common TO choice lots.
No Corn Of Rye offered, and one small lot OF
Oats brought 81.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Oltr. :, 1878.
rCattle are sold at these figures live weight
Hogs are sold 81 net weight tEat Is ~ per cent
(Sonorsliy) of from the live weight. Sheor arc
sud gross that is 1.-Two weight, or nothing oil.
Beet Cattle-Prcos to-day ranged AS follows :
Rest Bcovcs ..........................42 20 10
Generally rated first quality. IS II
Medium or good fair quality .:.:.".....2 IS -
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows 90 2 20
Extreme range ofprces ..........".....2 w 70
Most Of tho ss!es were from ;;:....a 20 = W.
r. al receipts for the week J3G7 total gales 2Qo3.
Trade to-day WAS not generally active, but
few Of tho dealers even found 1t ra.sably 50,
ard that only by comparison with laat week,
and most of them declared it extremely dull.
The wholesale market was &c CT from lsss week,
and retailers thought in some cases prices IN
their trade shade OIL though most Of them ro.
no-ted rates unchanged, quality considered.
The grade was mGch inlerlor TO tho oler!Egs CT
leOt Weok The CREST Jewish ho!idaycont:ibu-
tod largely to the dullresg Of tho market, dealers
If thst neraussion. whether buyers Or sellers,
being consp;cuons!? absent.
Mich Cows-Grod Cows are scarce. and trade
in them fair. Wo quote prices 81 ooiSJ3 per
head as to Qusllty. 49,
Sbsen md Lam tho receipts have been
,,uits lght this weak, and trade not comInensu-
rstely i'm provcd. the market being only Eroder-
stcly active There have been worry few CHOICE
Sheep which haVo brought tho extreme top
price, but the offerings generally showed not
much, if any, improvement on last week re-
csipts. We quote butcher Sheep 81 Sadie Per
ID, few selling at either ex:rome; stock Sheep r.
g per head Lambs 4a5c per 10 gross. Receipts
this week ISIS head.
Hogs-The recein.s foo. up more than double
what they were last Took, soma 2l0) being r.
c5;ved up to Friday evening, SID 200 since
then, Tho demand has baen Only moderately
active at decline of 5s!c on last weeks figures.
The quality was geuerslly quite IS good rs WAS
,s: per ID net, those sold vt the former figure
b+irg rough Hogs, with extra weight OF, say %
s2jc per 100 the usual rate being 20c per l0O lbs
Receipts this week gG33 head.
In Baltimore yesterday railway mortgages
we.o steady, with the exception Of O., A. y Il
rs, in which there was further break Of 5! per
csnt, these bonds selling to-day at 5ls5O. against
IS. on Saturday.
Fredericksburg ana Piedmont Il. r. were sold
in Fredericksburg last Friday for G:3.
BALTIMORE, Octr. S-Virginis Gs, derd, c; do
consolidated t4t; do I'd series 81; past due
coupons Sl5 Cotton dull and nominal; mid
ding l0slOi. Flour quiet and heavy. Wheat
southern dull and lower to sell; Western
lower, closing stes dy; Southern red lCOal02; do
amber l05al06; No Penns red lG3f; NO
Western winter rcd spot ard Oct 1875 alJ3 nov
l03?alO5S; Door 10iaal01s Corn-Southern |
quiet and aboutstsady; Western dull and weak
Southern white 54s55; do yellow ~; Western !
steamer nominally 45s4G. oats fairly active
and easy; Southern 27a3U; Western white 70;
do mixed 27s2s; Penna 27s3O Rye dull; no
sock; nominally ut 54s56. Hay duh and un:
aud loSsr Rio csrgocs lAlsl7!. Whiskey |
firm at 81 094.
NEW YORK, October 8.-Stocks woak.
MONEY 3 Gold lO1S Flour alliat and heavy. |