The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-25
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK, Fob. 23-5 P. M.-C0tfOn is quiet
at Lie advance; sales 3i3 bales; delivered on con-
Fiour-receipts 24,e23 bbls; the market opened
strong and closed quiet holders more disposed to re-
alize; peace rumors checked the export demand;
sales 1920 bbls; No at rs q So; Superfne Wes
tern and State at 90 q 90; common to good extra
Western and State at % q 10; good to choice
Western and State at 20 q 90; common to choice
White Wheat Western extra at 05 q IS; Fancy
White Wheat Western extra at so q 8 rs; common
to good extra Ohio at 05 CT %; common to choice
good to prime at rs q co.; choice to double extra
at 90 a 65, Including 300 bbls low grade extra
o. q 5 80; $500 bbs Winter Wheat extra at 5 so
a 90; $500 bbls Minnesota extra at 10 a 30; g.,
800 bbls city Mills extra at 10 for England, Is q
so for West Indies. Southern FiOnr without
decided cahnge with moderate trades sales 1900 bbs;
do at o. q 90. aye Flour is steady; sales $50
bbls at 90 @ % for Superfine and State Corn
Meal steady sales 1900 bbs; Yellow Western, DER
sey and Pennsylvania at 30 q go; Brandywine at
20, including $50 bbls old unsound Brandywine at
2 80. Wheat-recepts2 26,s5O bush futures opened
a II advance, which afterwards lost; spot lots
opened firmly held but closed heavy at inside figures
Thursday last sales $4,000 bush, including 5000
% and nominal for No . Milwaukee; / ri for New
York No Spring; 3QA for Milwaukee; 1 36a q SO
for mol Winter Red: 20 for New York No
for Amber Michigan; 43 for White State; 25t for
No Spring seller March, closing at % bid, 25i
asked; do February closing at 25l bid, 26a asked;
do May at l % bid, % asked; No North Western
bid, 90 asked; No Winter Red seller February
closing at 80 bid, SO asked: do March closing at
l "a Did, So asked; do for April at 344 bid, 81
asked. Rye is steady at II @ nc for Western; 81
600 bush State at 10. Barley is quiet and steady.
Barley Malt quiet and steady. C0rn-receipts
1852 bush; the market is slightly in buyers faxor
with very limited business reported; sales OF $1,000
bush INCLUDING on tss SPOT T. Soc VOID oa M
3: 535 q $500 tor steamer Mixed: 53ac for steamer
Yellow; 5ic for steamer White; 5sc Tor No2; 81 q
53Ic for round Yellow; 5S1 q 6Oe for old Yellow Wes
term Sc for White Southern in store 54ac fer steam
er Mixed seller February, closing at 534c bid, 534c
Asked do March at 54c bid. sac asked; do April at
at Sale bid Sc asked do May at SIC bid, 56Ic asked
do March closing at SIC bid SOC asked do April at
Sc asked Oats-receipts $3.50 BUSH the market
is dull and in buyers avor sales 900 bush Sale for
Nos White; IS g 35lc for No White; IS q 55lc for
Sc for Mixed Western; SIS q Acc for White Western;
35 q SIC for Mixed State; SO q 40c for White State
Hay unchanged at g g g for shipping MePs at
5 q 10 for New York and - q lie for California.
Cofee-Rio is quiet and unchanged; cargoes quoted
at 14a q l7ac gold; 14a q 19t gold for job lots. su
gar quiet at II q 7sc for fair 70 good refining; q q
7ac for prime; refined is firm and in fair trade at
o for standard A; g &c tor graduated; 9ac for
bbls at 25 q 4sc. Rice more steady with better in
quiry. Petroleum more steady and quiet; crude
Il; refined at i2b q i2l; 10000 bbs united at $50
chiefly at 9-l6 q "a for prime. Naval stores
Kosin is steady at 57i q 62l for strained. Tur-
8 rs per ton for Anthracite per cargo. Leather is
unchanged; Hemlock sole, Buenos Ayres and Rio
Grande light middle and heavy weights at 2oS
22ac. Pork is dull and heavy at II 90 q II 20 fol-
NESS $40 bbs do part at II 15 80 bbs seller March
Beef II AIMS are dull. Tierce Reef is quiet.
Dressed Hogs easier at Al q At for Western. Cut
Meats-Western is quiet; middles quiet; Western
1000 ties steam at 50 CT 57E for scarcely prime 10
contract grades 25OO ties seller March at 7574 60.
closing at so; $50 ties seller April at 72a $3.50 ties
seller May at s2a q s., closing s.. Linseed is
quiet at 10 gold. Whisikey unchanged; sales 200
Wool is quiet and slightly in buyers favor; do
nestle fleece at 80 q SEC; pulled at Is q 40c; I'M
washed at 10 q 81; Texas ii q 25.
g per sail at "a Ia I a
Wheat per steam at 81 q Cd.
CHICAGO, February 23.-Flour is quiet and I'M
changed. Wheat is active and strong; No Chicago
Spring at 10; No 2 Chicago Spring, gilt edge, 10;
regular at 07s cash; 0S seller March; 0S4 q CSC
sedler April; No Chicago Spring at 054 q 1 O5s;
at 4sc for cash. 2lc for February i2ac seller March,
Age for April; 42sc seller May. Oats quiet and
steady at 24ac cash. 243c for h2iac seller April
Hogs fairly active at % q 40. Pork at 10 80 for
cash; 10 30 10 S2a for March; 10 i7s q 10 80 seller
April. Lard steady and in iair demand at 80 cash
and seller March;7 40 g 424 for April. Bulk Meats
are steady and unchanged. Wniskey at o..
Receipts for two days-27, coo obs -four, 2O5.Ooo
bush wheat lat 900 bash corn 66tJ0 bush oats, 10,
90 bush rye 5000 onsh barley.
snpments-1s0 goo bbls tour 1885, 900 bush wheat 1Of-
600 bush corn. $1,000 bach oats, 10000 bush rye,
$4,000 bush barley.
ST. LOUIS, February 23.-Flour inactive and I'M
changed. Wheat-No 8 Red Fail 20 cash; 21i tor
Marcn; No do at IL cash; No Spring at O6 for
seller March, Oats very firm at 26c cash; 26a "a 268c
for March. Rye easier at Doc bid cash. Whiskey Is
steady at o. Pork firm at 10 IS cash and for seller
March. Bacon dull. Lard quiet and nominally at
Receipts-5Ooo bbls aour, $1,000 bush wheat, Co.,
900 bush corn, 900 bush oats, ZOO bush rye 00t0
bush barley, 0O,00O hcgs.
MILWAUKEE, February 23--Flour is quiet and
steady. Wheat is firm; No Milwaukee at Is for
hard; No Milwaukee soft at 70: No2 milwaukee,
at 09A seller February at 0Sa; March 0s5; April
at O9t; No at OH. Corn quiet and firm; Mop at
$50. Oats firm; No 2 at 25c. Rye quiet and firm;
March ssh a 55sc. Provisions quiet and unchanged;
Mess Pork at 10 49, Lard-prme steam at So.
Receipts-14,000 bbls flour, 14S 900 bush wheat
Shipments-120 900 bbls flour, 5000 bush wheat,
DETROIT, February 23.-Flour firm sales 400 bbls
White at 25. Wheat is steady; extra White Mich
igan at 30; No White Michigan at 1 254 q 25I.
acRe White as Mixed az 2
Hogs quiet and nominally 40.
Recelpts-25OO bbls four $4,000 bush wheat, 1900
bush corn, go bush oats.
Shipments-1SOO bbls -four, 1900 bush wheat, 1000
corn, 5000 bush oats.
TOLEDO, February 23.-Wheat is easier; extra
White Michigan at 29l; Amber Michigan on spot,
l 304; seller May at 80; Mo- Winter Red on spot
and seller March at 27; seller April 2sa; Corn is
easier; High Mixed held at at 4iAc and Ale bid; No
spot 4ic; seller for May age; rejected at 414c
seller May at 4iSc; damaged at SEC. Oats are dull;
No Q at 26ic. Hogs at 40.
Recepts-l00 bbls -four, 900 bush wheat, IL, 0Q0
bush corn, 90 bush oats, 90 hogs
Shipments-O000 bbls flour, ITO bush wheat, 5000
bush corn, 9, 200 bush oats.
CLEVELAND, February %. Petroleum market is
steady and unchanged.
MOBILE February 23.-Cotton is quiet Middling
upands at 10sc.
SAVANNAH, February 90, Cotton quiet; NIiddliug
upands at 10lc.
wrLMINeroN, February % Cotton quiet; Mid
ding uplands at 10le.
NORFOLK, February 2S.-Co ton irm ;Middling NJ
lands at 1Uac.
NEw ORLEANS, February 90. Cotton is steady;
Aiddling uplands 1cse.