The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-04

| promptly carried ous along the military
roads IN Bulgaria srd Roumanra a
irlghtful pestilence is likely to break
out.
The Danube is officially declared
open and free of danger between lotsii
and SulnA.
GALVESTON MARKETS,
GALVESTON, April .. - Gold I0al<
| Silver par Mexican silver 90 EX-
change New York sight 4 per cent
premium; New Orleans sight y per
ceSt premium.
Wool-nominal and nething doing.
Hides firm; dry selected l6lSc; light,
| sailed 14Isc; stack, sailed, Ike; kips
l31@c; wet, sailed, selected, 7@S1sc;
butchers green exc.
Cotton = net receipts 37S bales; gross
$50 bales; exports coastwise ll5 bales;
sales PSI bales; stock on hand 81, 107
bales, market nominal, and lower 10
sell; good middling l0S4c; middling l0c;
low middling 9lSc; good ordinary size.
SEw ORLEANS MARKETS.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2.-Gold 1915
@ol0l9s. Sight par Sterling, bank,
| 493.
Cotton in good demand; sales 6600
bales; ordinary 71sc; good ordinary
Slsc; low middling &c; middling loo;
good middling l034c; receipts, net,
;}S4S bales; gross 1858 bales; exports 10
Great Britain 2242 bales; 10 the Cont
nent $50 bales; stock on hand 263, 234
| bales.
Flour in good demand and tending up
ward; superfine 81; Xxx $3.50; XXX
81 75@5. 80; higher grades S4s5@8. 80.
Corn in good demand; white 4Sc. Oats
! quiet and firm, at 36@31c. Cornmeal
dull and lower; inferior $1.90@l. 90;
choice 50. 10@215. Hay firmer; ordi-
nary $1l@l3; prime SO; choice $l7
@lS. Pork in good demand at lower
rates; new 5000; choice, old, $40. 20.
Lard quiet and firm; refined, tierce,
! 7a4@72sc; key S@Sl4c. Dry salt meats
duh and nominal; shoulders, loose,
44@43sc; packed 354c; clear ribs
5l4@5&c; clear sides 6@d1sc. Bacon
quiet Hams dull; choice sugar-cured,
uncanvassed 61s@624c. Whisky quiet;
reelfled S1.O3@lO6 Coffee dull: car
goes of ordinary to prime 14@171sc,
gold Sugar steady, fair demand; com
mon TO good common 51S@64c;
fair to fully fair 65s@7c; prime to
choice 714@Sc; yellow clarified S1@
SIZE AIolasses steady with far de
mand; common zoe; fair. 25c; prime to
choice, 30@42c. Rice dull; ordinary
to choice Louisiana 54@694c. Bran
easier; choice 75@80c.
ST. LOUIS MARKETS.
ST. LOUIS, April 2. - Flour higher
but slow; supertine, family, "a. l5@4. 30;
XX "a. 5O@465; Xxx $505. 10. Wheat,
No. 3 red fall 81. 1915@l.2 20; No. do
SL12@l13. Corn 40@401Sc. Oats
tirmer, at 26@2G4c. Rye scarce, at SIC.
Barley, no sales. Whisky steady, at
$10f Pork duh, at 1910 bid. Lard
held firmly, at 7.l0c asked. Bulk meats
quiet and unchanged. Bacon quiet, at
sides, 5.621s, so, 5.75@5. Soc
/ NEW YORK MARKETS.
NEW YORK, April 2.-Stocks strong
and buoyant. Money 2 per cent. Gold
1O116. Exchange = long 4.S7; short
4S91S. State bonds quiet. Govern
ments firm.
Cotton weak; sales 424 bales; uplands
1O5sc; Orleans l094c. Futures easy;
/ April 10. scale. 54c; May 10. CLIO TO- Csc;
June 1O.71@10- 73c; -Jnly 10.S2(110 SAC;
August 11.SS@11.9Oc; September 1889
@l0.7lc.
Later-Money active and stronger, al
per cent. Sterling weak and lower, at
6l5. Gold steady, at 10t1s. Govern.
ments weak and lower; new % 1O45S44
State bonds steady.
Cotton weak; uplands 105sc; Orleans
1031c; sales $50 bales.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, April q Noon.--Cotton
market flat and irregular; middling up
lands sgd; middling Orleans 6Lsd; sales
5000 bales, including 1000 for speculation
and export; receipts 1890 bales, OF
which 10, 700 bales were American. Flu
| fnres SELLERS Mt 1-32d decline