Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-09
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ALEXANDRIA MARKET, Deer 9.-The msr.
kot is firm, and prices rather higher. Flour !,
stoady. Tho offerings Ct Wheat amounted T.,
upwards OF oUJO bushels. and sales were made at
las, lA7, l49 and 10 for Futz and IT, l56 and
l31 Tor Lancaster, which is All advance on res.
tordaJ's quotations. Corn is firm; no old WA,
offered, and l5@O bushels ofEaw brought So for
white and & and % for yellow. No Oats Reported
and leo bushels OF Rye broughl>O.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Dec. 8, lSTq
Irl1cs this week Tor Beet Cattle ranged BIS fol.
lows
post Bnoves .. -....."...........".1: - u 5 60
Generaly ratoi iirst quality Oh a / on
Medium nr good fair quality. ........2 ~ a 81
ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows2 ON a.:.
EStromo range otrrcos. % a 8 o.
NJ Gst of tho saGs were from 3 1914 ~
Total Receipts for the week Sila; hoad sales is,
This Wholesale mari vt was better AN it Va.
iast week, Whilo IN tie Retail tradO the only i'm
proVomont observable was in tho carly dcallnts
ARD then only on tho better grades, which w.:.,
qulte scarce, and 81 not as good quality MS they
were last Wook, tho best having been reshipueI
| East, prices there showing An Improvement
common and medium grades were cir ard thp
| market WAS vo:y slow. dragging heavily long
before tie close. The decline on COMMON All
medium grAles WAS s:!.
nincn SoWs-1Faua Is worry SLOW and tho su,,-
ply iulle We quota al :0.Si5 per hosd, a. t.
| quality.
Sheep-Thn receipts though largely in oxcess
OF iasl Weok, arn not quito IA yOnd and somewhat
| IN eXcess OF tho demand, which would bo RI
corded quito slow except for purchases niado ny
Philadelphia buyer for that market City
butchers arc taking comparatively few Sheep.
Wo quote butcher Shoop at 3isl!c, with few
| sales above Il per ID gross. Lambs, whoc sod
separated from tho old sheep, arc quoted at I.
%. Stock Sheep are in light supply, but fully
equal TO the demand at biaS2 60por head. Ar.
rivals this week 6l5l hoad.
Hogs-The quality Of tho offerings ia nearly,
though not quito Ss good as last week. but onr
OF the yards reporting falling OF in that regard
The number received, though not near rs heavy
as last week, is fully up to tho requirements uI
inc butchers, who arc buying less freely than
they did. as they supplied themselves generally
in view Of a probable sdvance this week. Wa
quote common Hogs at 5ia5t; snd tina bal.cr
ersdes at 81 Gle per ID not, with Jew selling at
The latter price. Arrivals this week So 81 head,
BALTIMORE, Eac'r. 9.-Virsinls G. dercrrsl
-; do consolidated 6l5 psst duo coupons S04;
second series M; new ten forties d0i.
Cotton higher aud frIn nliddling l2s Flour
steady and strong, mt without chang,
WheatCSouthcrn steady Western higher and
lC22; No Maryland l5jI MOI Western wintor
rod spot and Dec !5i3al51; Jan 1EGs15Gi Fco'y
l5Sal5s!. Corn--Southera higher and in f.ir
demand; Western higher; Southern white Ola
81; do yellow G2aG3i; Western mixed spot GG;
new G!i Dec Glass; now jan CLASH Feb
G3tGa steamer Gil. Oats firm Southern 47a4S;
Western white 4!s49 do mixed 44s4G5; Pcnna
4Is43. Rye highor - &tla!0. LEY firm, bit
without chsn9o. Coffee FIRM and unchanged
Sugar QUIET A saft loalQi. Whiskey f7ci 8!
! H.Sl l4l.
5sG Flour quiet. Whea: quiet Corn quiet
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, DECEHBBR g.
Sun rises.............. Sun sn.s......-... al
ARRIVED.
Str j w Thompson. lower Potc, to + n Hosd
Scnr Smyrk, Wash. 10 L 3 Hooo.
CLEARED.
Str MaLtsno, lower Popc. 10 j Broier5 Il TO-
Str Jane MoEeicy, lower Pete. 10 + A ReoL
Schr Nellie s Jerrel, Providence, by Amer
Coal Co.
Schr Ella Presley, Somerset, by American
Coal Go.
Schr Ii May, Georgcrn, ny w q Smool
Schr 4. Z Smyrk, BALTIC. by Z & Iloos
Schr w l. Bradley. Boston. by } L hxnow
PASSED DOWN.
Schrs Harriet Thomas and Wsrron Sawyer.
MEMORANDA.
Schr ID Rockhill, Georgetown, at Somerset
9Th.
Schr Ada Ames, RocklGnd, for Washington,
at Vineyard Haven 9Th.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Tho buoy placed TO mark tho rsef Of Thirty
fourth street. East River, New York, has been
carried away, and is al present Of Sixteenth
street
Schuylers Ledge. of Snkonnct Point, X !,
mas ooen marked with II rod spar buoy. Tho
compass bearings Of prominent objects arc rs
follows: West gable of club house on West Is.
laid. M W; north ond Of Cormorant Rock and
the cupola of the Ocean House. Newport, in
range, NV by W; eastern ond o: ice house OH
West Island in range with small rocky island
to the north tit, nav.
WooD's HOLE, Mass. Dec 1.-The rock in tho
Woods Hole passage kno IN AZ the Lono Rock
yesterday At 30 IN succumbcd 10 dose of
nitro gllycerjne, which proved perfect succaas
in rending il from centre to circumference. Tho
work OF clearing the channel is fsvoraby and
quite rapidly progressing, considering tho high
winds thst prevail at this season of tho year.