The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-06


NEW YORK. Aug. 5-Evening -FIOur-Receipts
739 bbls; the market for Winter Wheat is lower;
Spring Wheat without quotable change and dull;
sales 1850 bbs; No 2 at 2 90d3 40; Superfne
Wesen and State 90d4 40; extra Western and
State at 4O94 75;good to choice do at 80d6 so;
White Wheat Western extra at 7595 20; fancy
do at 3Od6 30; extra Ohio at 5Od6 90; extra
st. LOUIS at 4 50G6 so; patent Minnesota extra at
1896 %; choice to double extra at 30d7 70,
$50 bbls low extra at 1904 rs; 1900 bbls Win
ter Wheat extra at $500 so; $500 bbls Mime
sofa extra at 1907 70, closing dull and heavy.
Southern flour dull and weak sales 900 bbls; extra
5 O065 60; choice 75d7 90. Rye -four is firm at
20a3 %: Cornmeal unchanged; Brandywine at
275. Whent-receipts 100000 bush; Winter
lower and and closed 13d34 higher than yesterday
with active trade; Spring is dull and unchanged;
sales 1,539000 bush including 567 900 bush on
York No 2 Spring OIL; ungraded Spring at 1892;
ungraded Winter Red at 92c@1 091a No 3 do at
661a,;, No do at l O914 al 1o14 No at ! O9s4
graded Amber at L 0501 O9;No do 1 O834 No
o9@l 09ha; Mixed Winter at 0SG1 0o13; un-
L 0912; No do, 5000 bush at l 11(01 -; a.,
600 bush No White special delivery for August at
12c; $4,000 do No Red special delivery August
Der 10; 5000 bush New York No Spring to ar
rive August at p t; No Red for August 152, 900
at l 09991 10; do September, 272, 900 at 0914
No Amber for August, 80, 900 at l 0S14 al 1884
September, $4,000 at l 081491 0S1a October 49,
600 at osA & No White for Go7 August $1,000 at
easier; 10000 No 2 Western csc; $500 State CSC.
Barley nominal. Corn-recepts 2,674 bush; a
shade firmer with little better demand; sales 1922
600 bush. including 164 900 bush on the spot; I'M
graded 44045 1ac; No 2 at 4434 (a454c Western
Yellow Ate; round do 54c;steamer for August 447s
bid, 1850 asked; September at 451ac bid, 4614c
asked: No for August at 451s94514c, closing at
453sc asked; September 4614c, closing at 46$sc
Oats-recelpts 43, 1857 bush; 1a@11sc lower With
fair trade; sales 80, 900 bush; $50 for No 81 3412c
do White; 331a0341ac for No 2; 361a6937c for do
White; 3414c for No l; Mixed Western at 33a37e;
State at 39140c. Coffee dull and rather weak Rio
1114@16c. Sugar quiet, heavy and unchanged
standard SAC; graduated at So; powdered 814
(G85sc; crushed Ss4. NlOlasses unchanged. Pc
trOleum unchanged; sc, 900 united at 69$s G70c,
TailOw is steady at 1866 Pork is frmer
and very quiet; 225 bbls new mess on spot part at
8 80, quoted at S00S 3d. Beef is steady. = Cut
Meats without decided change and dull; mddles
firm and quiet; Western long clear 921a; short
clear at 512 long and short clear 5. Lard shade
stronger with moderate trade; 900 ties prime steam
the spot part at 80; 500 ties for August 80;
1926 for September s7la@5 80; $500 for October
90a5 921a; 40 city steam at $685. S712; 85
refined continent 271a96 80. Butter firm.
Freights to Liverpool-market unchanged.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Flour quiet and firm. Wheat
unsettled and generally higher; No Chicago Spring
at 940941ac for cash; 937sc for September;- No
Chicago Spring 8634 618678c for cash and August;
S6$sc for September; S614c for October; No3 do
at 751a976c; rejected Gle. Corn active and higher
at 335Sc for cash; 3414 34$sc for September; 343s
for October; rejected at 314c. Oats active and
higher at 2S1ae for cash; 2534 August, September
Iower. Pork in fair demand and higher at 500
5 30 for cash; 321aG9 80 for September; 8 359
s 371fa for October. Lard frmer but not higher at
5212@5 55 for cash; 5 5595 571s for September
Bulk Meats firm and unchanged.
Freights-Wheat to Buffalo ..
keceipts-7,0 900 bbls flour, 156 900 bush wheat
321 900 bush corn. 95, 900 bush oats %, 900 bush
rye, IA, 900 bush barley.
Shipments-4, 900 bbls flour. 1877 900 bush wheat
$4,000 bush corn, $4,000 bush oats, 400 bush
rye, 5000 bush barley
At the afternoon call of the Board, Wheat closed