The Portland daily press., 1879-01-24

NEW YORK. January 23-Evening. Cotton is
dun and unchanged; sales 1l4s bales: Middling up
iveries @ points higher and fairly active. Flour
%receipts s6l2 bbs; the market is slightly in buy
inquiry; sales 1890 bbls; No2 at 225 a 90;
Superine Western and State 325 a So; extra
Western and State at 60 90 ;choiee Western and
% q 5 rs; Fancy White Wheat Western at 5 30 a.
65Q; extra Ohio at rs q 90; extra st Louis 8 50
Patent Mnnesota a. extra rat at 50 oo choice
40 q 500; 22G0 bbls low extra at S6O q sO 1900
bbls Winter Wheat extra at 8 rs q SO; $500 bbIs
quiet and heavy. Southern Flour steady; sales
9Oo bbls. Rye Flour is quiet and steady. Cora-
meal quiet and unchanged. Wheat receipts 1885,
20! bush; Winter g lc lower and dull; Spring is
without decided change with moderate exp ,rt in
quiry sales $4,000 bush, including ll2 600 on spot
Chicago for special delivery o11 Canada Spring at
9ic; ungraded Winter Red at %; No 8 DO at 5ss
No do at / % q 1os3; No / do at 09a; No Amber
DO at 10S4; No do at ca g Os; No do IA, 900
bush) at 10a 1o1 extra DO 1880 bush) at liz;
boat CaSs Wsitg quoted 12 White State at
40 February, 5000 bush at o7 q Io7i, closing at
closing at 0s old, OsA asked No Red for January
$4,000 busb) at 09a "a O9a closing at % biI O95
asked; do February, Q6,eO0 busn) at 81 q O9t,
bnsh) at 1Oa @ 10a. closing 1Ot bid, 16s asked.
Rye steady and quiet. Barley is dull. Bsriey
Uat lS nominal. COra-rece1DJS 100000 bush;
opened shade rmer and closed dull and lower sales
10000 busb including 164, ,O00 bush on SPOT; ungrad-
Ell at At q 4sc; No at 45sc; steamer at 46 "a 464c;
No at 465 a 46ac in store, 47ac ahoat; new No at
46.c; Southern Yellow at 45t a i6c; steamer White
tet 46Ac devered steamer tor January 46c closing at
453c bid 46c asked; do February at 4i2c closing at
l44c bid, 41c asked mo for January at 47s "a 47ac
closing at 47sc bid 472c asked; do al 465c clos
log at 464c bid 46ac asked; do February at 44c IBID
45ic asked do March 464 @ 46sc, closing at 46c bid
i64c asked. Oass-receipIs l9, 1856 BUSH the market
dull and lower; sales A. 100 bush No White 33c
3lt q 31sc for No Q; SAC for No White; Mixed Wes-
tsrn at 30s q 3l1o; White Western at $500 341c;
1 Aixed State 3lac; White State at 33 q &c. Sugar
more active and steady; 300 hhds Centrifugal at q
l00 low grade Cuba at % &c air to good refining g.
q 81: prime at Z refined unchanged M~lasses is
unchanged. Eggs frmer at 70 g 31c. forA is dull
and strongly in buyers favor; mess spot quoted
at 1924 q S73 for new; 90 q Is for Old; sales =
500 bbls for March new at 70 q 80; 1000 bbs for
May at 85 a 10 10. Beef steady. Cut Meas
firm and very Quiet picked bellies at AZ; middles
n0minally lower Western and city long clear at az;
short clear nominal; long and short clear AZ. Lard
opened lower. afterwards irmer and closed dull and
heavy; sales $50 tcs prime steam spot at 45 "a
30; 1850 ties for February at 373 9 As; $3.50 tcs
for March at 45 @ 50, $500 ties TOR April at As a
6 55; 100 tcs city steam at 35
4 Freights to Liverpo0-the market is quiet; Wheat
per steam nominal at 6 q gid.
CHICAGO. January 23-The Flour market is quiet
and steady; Spring extra at 90 q 80; Minnesota
patent 90 g 90; low grades 90 q rs. Wheat is
dull, lower and heavy; No BE Winter at sc q SSc
No Chicago Spring at SSsc cash. s4A q sac for Feb
ruaryi s5sc tQr March, No Chicago Spring at 50 q