The Portland daily press., 1878-04-01
Domestic Markets,

NEW YORK, March 30-5 P. M.-Ashes quiet and
unchanged at 3 80 O. 10 for pots. CoIton is dull
and unchanged; sales 1876 bales delvered contract
lUO bales; ordinary uplands and Alabama at Z To-
IL; ordinary New Orleans and Texas at Lie; good
ordinary stained at s 1916; middling uplands and
105; middling stained at 1916; futures opened
points higher, but the advance was lost before the
close. klour-receipts 1888 bbs; the market is 10
10 better and less active with fair export demand
and moderate home trade inquiry; sales 26 700 bbls
No at 90 q 70; Superfne Western and State at
4oU l9 0;cOmmon to good extra Western and State
at IL q 25; good to choice Western and State at
80 @ 50; common to choice White Wheat Western
extra at 80 q 30: Fancy White Wheat Western
extra at s Do q rs; common to good extra Ohio at
us q 70; common to choice extra st Louis at 25
@775; Patent Minnesota extra good to prime 6 rs
q 80; choice to double extra at IS "a IS. includ
ing $1,000 bbs low grade extra at 10 @ 30 :asO0 bbIs
Winter Wheat extra at 8 80 q co.; 5000 bbs Minne-
s4ta o extra a. Is e. 75 300 bbls city Mills extra
market closing steady. Southern Flour ia firm
and fairly active; sales $500 bbls; common to fair ex-
Ira at 25@ %; good to choice do at so q 50.
lor Sqper1ne and State. Corn Meal firm; sales
ooo pbis Yellow Western, Jersey and Pennsylvania
receipts 167 400 bush; market opened Ia better
Ior closing dull with advance lost and scarce
50 nrm; spot opened steady and closed sdull and
lSo, 900 bush on the spot; "a q rs for migrated
Spring; % @ 243 for No Spring; 1 % q SO for
n.y. ss SHTs IS SS sp1g W = 3 If
q 3S1 for No 2 Winter Red Il 40 Tor No do: A
ungraded White; 46 "a AZ for White State: AZ 40
! AZ for extra White; % for No 2 Chicago: 2S nj
Y for No Spring for April, closing at 241 hid
264 asked; rs do May, closing at 23I bid 4 15l
asked; rs for No North Western for Anr closing
at n bid, % asked; 81 do May, closing at 81
bid, u asked do June at / "a bid 30 asked. / AZ
for No Winter Red for April, closing at 3H hid
! 81 asked. Rye frmer at 70 "a 75c for Western: x
@ SOC for States $500 bush Canada at 7sc TO arrive
BARLEY dull; 10000 bush at SIC for No q: s5c for
No 1. Barley Malt is quiet, dull and nominal,
Corn-receipts 1880 bush; the market opened 1id9
Inst. ole
pusn including 900 on the spot; 46 q 53c for I'M
graded Western Mixed; 4sb q Soc for New York No
=; 5o3c TOR steamer Mixed; 56c TOR steamer White;
o. Ca 57c for No White; 5ssc for No White; "a a
5Ic f0r round Yellow 81 q 5Sc for Yellow Jersey $3.50
for white Southern SAFE for steamer Mixed for seller
April closing at 54c bid, 543c asked 54c do for May
closing at 535c bid 54kc asked do June at SIC bid sill
asked; 56lc Tor No tor April closing at SIC bid 565c
asked; Doc do for May, at 55ac Did, 564c asked; 56c
Ior NO for june closing 55ac bid, SEC asked. Oats
receipts 81 443 bush the market is better; sales
200 ousb 334c for rejected SAC for No 81 size for
no Whites 34a @ 35c for No Q; 35lc for No White;
o54c for No I; 39c for No White; 354c for No Chi
cago; 81 q 35c for Mixed Western; 348 "a 3SIc for
Whhte; 3is q 35ac for Mixed State; Sc a 3Sc for
" nte state, including 10000 bush No White for
May 35ac. Hay is unchanged at GO a CSC for ship
ping. Hops quiet at "a 5 for yearlngs; and "a 8
LOT Eastern and Western; "a 10 for New York.
Conee1Rio is steady; 1900 bags on t; cargoes are
quoted at Il "a lie gold; IA q ISL gold for job lots.
sugar quiet and tirm; u q "a for fair to good re-