The Portland daily press., 1879-12-19
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK. Dec. 18-Evening.
1924 bbls dull and shade easier with very limited
export and home trade inquiry sales II 900 bbls
05 75;extra Western and State at OO96 rs; good
to choice do at 3O9S 20; White Wheat Western
ira Ohio at 1O97 10: extra st. LOUIS at GOA
8 co. patent Minnesota extra at 25d8 90: choice
to double extra at 1919 90, including 300 bbls
4 2595 10; 480 bbls Superfne at 35d5 70; $50
bbls low extra at S0a6 90; 300 bbls Winter
extra 9599 90; 1000 extra State for February at
05, closing dull. Southern flour is dull and weak
sales 800 bbls; extra at 8 1906 50; choice at 80
as so. Rye -four dull at 3O@5 70. Cornmeal is
quiet and steady; Yellow Western 90d3 10; Bran
dywine 3 3093 So. Wheat-exports 81, Is bush;
receipts 1904 bush 1aG1c better. with very light
export and moderate speculative inquiry:sales 723,
Spring at s2aa; No do at a41aa1 SO in store
ed Winter Red at i 1901 81; No do is: no 2
do 54A al 56Ka; No at 1 551a01 So; Mixed
Winter 90; ungraded Amber 51a1 81 1a No
White 90; No do 49aa1 so: No / white, a.
600 bush at l 51A al 52L2 No White for De-
esmbsr, 600 at 5l , 5l NG2 Red De,
firm State and Canada at 81 bid. Corn exports
5947S bush: receipts AZ, 31G bush; dull and prices
ing 81 900 bush on the spot; ungraded at 61a65c;
No 3 do at 61ac; steamer CSC; No 2 at 631aa64
in storec; do afoat "a "a G65c; new do 641ac; Vel
January 60Ac; No for December 64c, closing at
So zee bid, Csc asked January GIN, closing Ella
bid, 62c asked Feb 624c. Dats-recelpts 4O,972
bush; shade irmer and fairly active; sales $4,000
bush; 48s4 for No 3; 5OG50Ac for do White;
49s4 015014c for No 2: 52052Ac do White; 50d
501ac for No l: 53954c do White; Mixed Western
at 4sG50c; White Western 50d52 hac: White State
52955c, including $4,000 No 2 Chicago 503s C, an
extreme. snGar-raw is dull; fair to good refining
quoted 7l9 a7M C; Centrifugal Sag $3.50; refined
fairly active and tirmef; standard a at 91sd3Ac;
graduated at $3.50 powered at 9s4 C: crushed 1O1s.
MOiasses-Foreign quiet and unchanged; New Or
leans in fair demand at 35d47c. Petroleum dull
and easier united at l 3s4 crude in bulk nominal
in bbls 712aS12c; refined at SSs. Tallow weak
at 6 11-16463z. Pork opened frmer and closed
dull and weak; mess on spot quoted II O0912 %;
sales so extra prime at 10 so. Beef steady. Gut
Meats quiet and unchanged; middles hrmer: long
clear Z; short clear at IA. Lard opened stronger
and closed weak and less active prime steam the
spoI quoted 571a47 go for old, 671297 70 for
new; sales 10 at 20; 275O January at Stag
G21a for DID, Z 1907 IS for new; 1850 for Feb
at 7712 old; 500 refined at 8 90 continent. But
terunchanged; Western 14d36c; State at II a36c
Cheese quite firm: State at 90 l3c; skins at 7a9c
Western 8ai2A c;skims at 71aaS1ac.
Freights to Liverpool quiet; Wheat y eam 3s4.
CHICAGO. Dec 18.-Flour nominal. Wheat is ac-
tive and higher No Red Winter 81; No Chi
Gago Spring at at 2ss4 cash 29ssgi 2sa for
Corn is steady and in fair demand at 40A 940asc
for cash; 401a d4O5sc for January; 41a41 1sc for
February; 461aa464sc May; rejected 3S14c. Oats
34s4 bid for January;3 1sc February; 1894 d391s
for May. Rye and Barley is unchanged. Dressed
Hogs easy at O0G5 %. Pork is unsettled and gen.
q II 10 for February; II 921a a12 80 for March.
Lard quiet and weak at 20 for cash. 2212Q@7 20
for january; 35&7 371a for February; flag
Z SO March. Bacon firm
Kecelpts-9 800 bbls -FOUR $4,000 bush wheat,
104, 900 bush corn, $4,000 bush oats 4O,0 600 bush
rye, "a, 900 bush barley.
1000 bush corn, 1900 bush oats, $1,000 bush
rye, IL, 600 bush barley.