The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-03-11

New YORK, March 5 P. M.-Cosfou steady
sales US bales delivered on contract 900 bales; or
Orleans and Texas at 81; good ordinary stained az
S3-l6; niddliDg uplands and Alabama il /; middlipg
New orleans AMI Texas al l1a: idIiog Stained at
~ l0l5 futures very quiet closing stead, at pout
advance FiOur-rereipts Il, $40 bols; less dong.
low grade shipping without decided change; better
kind IN BUYERS favor; sale, $500 bbls; No at 60 a
20; Superine Western and State 90 a 65; com
mon to good extra Western and State IS "a 90:
good to choice Western and State at O5 q IS com,
mon to choice White Wheat Western extra al yn
q 81; E incy White Wheat Western extra at TX
"a IS; common to good extra Ohio at 4 10 "a rs:
common to choice extra st Louis at 4 IS "a IS: Pa
teni Minnesota extra good to prime al 40 a 7 50
choice TO double extra at IS @ $780, Including 2I0o
b6ls low grane extra at 70 0U: 1900 bbls Winter
Wheat extra 3. at o. e 75; $500 bbs Minnesota ex-
TIA at 00 g 20; HOO bbls City Mills extra at O %
500 for West Indies. closing dull Southern r ,onr
is heavy sales l15U bbls; common TO fair ezra at
Flour is dull; sales 25O bbls at 90 a so for su
perfne ami State. Corr Heal is quiet; sales 800
b6is; yellow Western, Jersey and Pennsylvania at
receipts 2y,S00 bush'1 lower on futures and duh
fol spot lots closed with decline recover ed ana more
steady eehg spot lots strongly held; sales Of 80 900
for New York Mop Spring; % for No North ives.
tern; % for No do; l.21t tor No chicago in
store 26i q q tor No Milwaukee, and Mirneso
ia; 80 tor Amber Ind; SO l 80 for White State:
I2I a .24 for No2 Spring Cor March, closiss AZ
22a bid 2i4 q l 2la do for April closing at 2Is
12. ked No 9th western for March a. ae 1Ts
and May closing at o. bid, "a asked: 2IA q 81
foI No Winter he'd seller acn, closing at 81 bid
30 asked; do April at 81. bid 80 asked 1 81 do
Apri 10 Store. Hye is frn at II 72c for Western:
u q I4c for Jersey; 75c fol State. Barley is ouiet
ami unchanged. 25U0 bush Proved state az 63c
s<ar.e, Melt dul': 30ip bush interior OLD canada
at Doc. Cor.-feceipts 1881. bu,h; the market is
sctrces so trm with IA light export and BIZ me frade
inquiry good TOT Speculative business; .ses l5l 011
bush, iuclui0g I4.00U on the spot; Il "a SC for M
graded Western Mixed 49s "a sue for New Yo,k M
8; 51t 8 &c 'or steamer M,xei: 90 tor old No2
ahoat: 81 @ sac for round yellow; Sc for Yellow
JERSEY; 81 for steamer liked seller March, closing
at 5ic bid. size ked 52i SIC for do April CLOSING
at 524c bid, 53c asked 523 @ 53c TOR do NAV, closing
at sac bid a39 asked do June at sac bid So asked;
No seller MaIcn closing al 53c Did, 55c ask ed do for
April 55ic bid, 500 assea; sole tor No seller April
in store; 55sc Tor No May, closing al 55lc bid sac
ASKED; 55t q ste for June, closing at 5s&c Bill 55fc
asked 'sst--reeeipts 81 ,0z5 ba b the market il
shade irmer; sales ~ 00U 34a a Sc for M o.
nc or 1917 NO %sts s5s s5sc tot No. q a5ic far
35sc for Mixed State; 81 g 39c for White STA e ~
nnchangs at s, tor shipping q p al 2ast tor
New Yoas and d. y to Ca.fernla 0oas.%Rio
81 god Tor JOB lots, sugar quiet an firm IN a n
for fair 10 good rening TIC for prime 200 hhds Sen