The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-03-12

NEW YORK, March 1--Evening.-C0tf0u m arket
quiet and steady; sales 1886 bales; Middng uplands
at lie; New Orleans at l1Ac; futures are quiet and
lrreguiar, closing at ! point decline. Flsur-re-
cepts 1871 bbls; market dull and generally without
decided change; sales 10 500 bbls; No2 at 2756
75; Superfne Western and State 400 a 4e5; ex-
ira Western and State at IS g 90; choice Western
ira at 80 IS Fancy white Wheat Westsrn er sn
at so g 70; good extra Ohio at so q IS; extra
st Louis at 50 q; Patent Minnesota extra good
@ .; Southern flour quiet; sales 400 bbs extra at
70 g %. Rye -four unchanged. CornmeaI is
dull and unchanged. Whea.-receipts Of 1000
push; opened shade frmer and closed dull with the
advance lost; sales of 5000 bush on spot and SOCo
bush future; p for ungraded Spring; 1 10 for No 3
9 for SO NorS or Nsw YNf NJ srNn
% g 25l for No North western; q Tor 't No
9 40 for White State; 214 for No Q Spring seller
March, closing at 21t bid, 12i3 asked; DO April
fl S ast at nv ~ bd 1T asked DO May bid
at q bid, "a asked; do April at 2I& bid, q
asked; do May, closing at % bid, and 20 asked;
81 asked; do April 1 80 bid. SO asked. I've i
steady; 1000 Dush Gear ots at 72c for No Western;
&c for Pennsylvania; 74hc for New York No 1.
ley Malt unchanged. Corn-receipts 81 $3.50 bush:
market opened shade trmer and closed about
steady, with fair export and home trade demand:
sales 1885, 600 bush including 9S 900 spot AZ a. SIC
for ungraded Western Mixed; 49A a SOC for New
York No 8; 5lf g 529c for steamer Mixed; 55c for
seller March, closing size Did, 52lc asked do Anil
at 52lc bid, 53tc asked; do May 5ic asked; do June
at Sale bid, SOC asked 56c for do April; do NAV 55,c
bid 56ac asked 553c do June. closing 55ic bid 55sc
asked. O.ts-receipts "a, S0Obush, the market is a
sEons s sales e sS bush sc for
White; 351c tor No and extra; "a "a 35lc for Mixed
Western; 36 q 39c for White Western; 354 q 355c
is quiet and unchanged Sugar quiet and firm; "a
q 7sc Tor iar 10 good refining; 7ac for prime refined
firm and in fair demand at sc for standard A; 9sc
for graduated; % q 81 for powdered 81 for crushed
MOlasses unchanged. Rice unchanged. Petro-
ieum nominal crude at Tic; refined at ~; 5000
Naval store, -Rosin ;quiet and unchanged at 3
g g 624 for strained Curp-niiae heavy at Sic
for spirits. Pork opened trmer and closed with
family mess at 10 90; seller for March at Q 90
bid, 10 25 asked; do April at 9j bid 10 90 asked do
May at 10 on bid, 10 80 asked Beef is dun. chi
Meats qulet-middles at 81 tor Western long clear:
81 for city do. Lard opened higher and closed
heavy at 72O g p for prime steam on spot 5000
ties for April at % g 80, closing at 25 $50 ties
for May at IS q AZ, closing at So q 37s 800 tics
for June at Az q 30. Whiskey is frmer at
1 06I.
Cotton per sail at ID; do per steam at 4dd; Wheat
per steam at I'd.
CHl. AeU, March 11.-Flour nominal. Wheat is
unsettled and generally higher; No Chicago O61;
No Chicago spring gilt edge at 05a; regular at
at 05s for cssh; t5s O54 seller March; O4a a
az for April o5t g | o5a for May; No Chicago
unsettled; sales at 4l5c for cash. April, MAY and
July; 40sc seller June Oats nominaly at 23ac cash:
24c seller April; 264 g 26sc seller May. Rye easier
at 5Ic. Baarley nominally at 45a 46ic Pork is in
fair demand at 80 q 37b for cash; 30 "a q sol
Tor April; 9 45 q 9 i7a seller May. Lard is fairy
active at % GASP VT o9 seller April; on "a
10 for May; 10 @ 10 for June. Bulk Meats are
firm aud unchanged; shoulders at 81; short RIB IA
short clear 5. WDiskey at o. ~ ~
At the afternoon call OF the board the market closed
Wy" in MIe a unsettled SAFES at % 0a for April
09s 10 ior May. Corn is nrmer but not Il
higher Oats firm aud unchanged PORK is active |
md firm at 8 80 q S7A for April; 80 a 523 for
Nay.
hecepts-16,oOo bbs -four, $1,000 bush wheat
10 'asb torn, $1,000 bush OATS 900 bush rye 1910
Shipments-1 600 bbls Jour- $500 bush wheat, 133,-
300 bush barley.