The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-05
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK. March 4-Evening.- Cotton ouiet.
sales 629 bales; new Mddling upands at l3-l6c: do
orleans at l5-l6c. EiO0r-recepts 81, 920 bbs;
az and heavy and 10 instances q 10 lower sales
l6,oOo bbls; No2al 200 @ 25; Superfine Western
State at 80 @ 30: choice Western and state at Cd
@ 30; White Wheat Western extra at So a rs;
Fancy White Wheat Western at 80 a 80; extra
Ohio at 8 70 g 90; extra 81 Louis so g rs; Pa
tent Minnesota extra at 90 "a 10; choice at O5 q
u.s. including 24OO bbls City Wills extra at s5 Id
25 $500 bbls low at 80 q $500 bbs Win
ter Wheat extra at 80 a IS; 450O 0bs Minnesota
extra at 3 so q 8 rs, the market closing heavy.
Southern E,our unchanged; sales 1900 bbls ex-
is steady and quiet. COrnmeai quiet. Whs at
eceipts LAG 800 bush opened quiet and heavy, and
closed shade drmer with very moderate export and
tar Speculative business; sales 42,lOO bush, INCLUDE
600 Dust on the spot; rejected Spring 81 a
s6ca No do at So q 96c; Ne do at o.; ungrafed
at LOG iii No do III "a i4a;So do at i4a
ungraded Amber at II q Is; NO 90 1871 a 135
mol do at II; unsraded White IL q 133; No 2
do l64 105; steamer No do 19A; NO While 26,-
900 bush at l2a a Is, extra do, T. 900 bush al Ia
White State at ID 9 1873; White Canada at 1 16.
Dusn New York No al 6lac Barley dull Bar
ley Malt nominal 1ora-recelDts 77,7O0 bush /;
slightly in buyers favor and moderately aclive sales
2S90OO bush, including $4,000 bush on the SPOT IN
graded at 45a @ 4Sc; No at 44tc steamer at Ash a
AZ; No 2 do al 453 46c; OLD DO 45i q 46c Western
Yellow 453c; round 40 46 q 47c; steamer for March
at 453c Old do a5sc; do Alril at 46t a 46sc. Oars-
Receipts ID 54e bush moderately active and price
without decided change; sales $4,000 bush 33to for
No 81 3isc for DO White; 34lc for NO q 3lic for do
White; l6lc for No l.; Mixed Western at 80 "a 35c ,
White Western at 81 q DOC; Whine State at 3Ii q
$3.50, including Il co. bush No Chicago at 34 "a So
inside price for inferior. Sugar is unchanged and
quiet; 5O0 hhds Centrifugal at a "A Msia-ses-
Foreign nominal; New Orleans 10 fair demand at %
40 Petroleum quiet: 5000 bbls united Oh a
95c TaiIOw steady at 81 q 9-i6. f-ors opened
lower and closed quiet and firm; 425 bbls mess on
he ss0s at & quoted nd a. 80 tor old % or new
and unchanged, picked bellies 81; do hams 81 mid
dies dull ana steany long clear at 49, short clear at
81 q 5 7-l6; longand short St q 5-16 Lard lower
aid depressed, closing firm quiet; 450 ties prime
seam on spot at 70 q ST.; 500 ties for March at
e77s 20; 2oo0 tics ioI Atril at so q 60; 4l5l
tics for May at IS q So; 400 ties city steam 70
~ ties OF grade at % q 10; refined quoted 3-l6
| for Continent.
Freghts to Liverpool-market frmer; steam 81.
CHICAGO, March 4.-Flour quiet but firm. Wheat
lnetlled and generally higher; No Chicago SpIing
q soc q o.; Mo- chicago spring al 941c tor cash
No Chicago Spring at SIC; rejected at IS a 6Sac.
Corn is active and higher at sstc for CASH s5s; for
cash. 24c for Aprii 26ac tor May. hye STEADY and
unchanged BARLEY easier a.77 q 7Sc. Pork uus I.
70 W for April; IL 10 q lU12a May; has sold 92l
Or May Lard aaiet and weak at 673 tor cash;
5l5 bid for April; 9 ga bid for May bulk Meas
1n and lower, shoulders at 623; short rib at 70,
short clear at 10. Dresser dogs dun and lower at
| IS q 40.
0OD bush corn, $4,000 bush oaLs 400 bush rse s.
| 800 bush barley.
shipments-2OO5 bbls hoar $4,000 bush wheat,
l26ooO bush c.rn 81 900 bush oats, $500 bush barley
| 14OO bush rye.
AT the afternoon call OF the board the market closed
with Grain timer but not higher. Provisions-tork
IN good demand and shade higher at 10 U2A a 10 5
| for Aprh; lO l2s q IL 10 tor May. Lard frmer but
| not higher.
ST LOUIS March 4.-Flour is firlner; double extra
rali at 81 q 10; treble do at S5 g 3d. family at
20 9 80; choice at 80 q 90. oneai is higher
NJ keo FAN at els q 02a Sor cash; O2a a OH
for March; Gag q o4s for april; No 8 Red Fall al
| No Mixed at 33se tor cash and for march. Oats
nrm; NO at 26c Cash; 26lc bid for April. Rye I'M
| chansed. Pfovlsions-Pork is dull and lower at 8 i5
ssh Lard inactive and lower o 81 asked loose
sold 5.Abulk meats dull and lower; cured clear
ribs at 20 asked, IS Did. Bacon dull aud lower
| shoulders al 81.
ReceIpts-2,OO0 bbls flour, o. 900 bush wheat 49,
goo bush corn, 1900 bush oats 5000 bush rye, 40UO
Shipments i 900 bbls -four, 1900 bush wheat, o.
bush barley.
DEFRoIL. March 4.-Wheat higher; extra White
| ~ 9 ltSs; No White at q @ i 02a: March at
L ozs; April 05s q 03a; May at O4s "a est.
NEW ORLEANS March 4.-Cotton quiet; Middling
upiands at 9tc.
MOBILE, march Cotton quiet ;aiddling uplands
at ssc.
SAVANNAH, March 4.-Cotton quiet; Middling up
lands al . 5-l6c.
lands 9ac.
European Markets.
| LONDON, March 4-12.30 P. M.-Consols at 96 Tie
for money and 90 9-16 for account.
LONDON, March 4-l2.3O P. M.-American securi-
tes-United States bonds, SIS, at 1889; SIS 1864
new 49s at O7i; 4s, 1929; 10i0s at OF; Erie at
25s.
LIVERPOOL. March 4-12-3O P. M.-Cotton mark
ct moderate inquiry; Uplands at 516d orleans at
l.t61 sales 100 bales, including 1000 for specu-
at1on and export. Receipts 1900 bales including
$3.50 American.
b Futures quiet; March at Lie.
Receipts of wheat for three days 10000 cen ais
including 81, 900 American
Flour at q 10; Winter Wheat at a Q; do
spring at IL q L; California averages at a 81
CLUB 2 g 81. Corn at Il Peas 5. Provisions, &c.