The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-01-06
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK, January 4-Evening.-Ashes are
nominal; pots at 475 g 90; pearls at 90. Cotton
deliveries unchanged and moderately active; ordi-
nary uplands at 9-16c; ordinary New Orleans at
1-l6c; ordinary Texas at Lice; ordinary stained
at Lie; middlng uplands at 97-16c; middling New
Orleans at 99-16c; do Texas at 9 9-l6c: middlng
stained at 9 Lice. Fl0ur-recepts s119 bbls; the
market is rather more steady with moderate
export and home trade demand; sales 49, 900 bbs;
No lat 2 % g 90; Superfne Western and State
At 90 g 5o;' common to good extra Western and
at 05 q 3D.: common to choice White Wheat Wes-
tern extra at IS q Is; Fancy extra White Wheat
Western at 80 a 80; common TO good extra Ohio
at 70 @ s 90; common to choice extra St Louis at
80 q So; Patent Minnesota extra good to prime
at so "a co. choice to double extra 05 @s 90, in
GLIDING 2O0Osbbls City Mills extra at co q 20; O.
800 bbls low grade extra at 30 q 70; 800 bbls of
Winter Wheat extra at IS q %; $500 bbls Mnne-
sofa extra at 60 a 90, the market closing steady;
Southern flour steady and moderately active; sales
$500 bbs, including 1900 bbs for export at 5 90 a
$50; common to fair extra at 8 rs q so; good to
droopnsi sales $50 bbs at rs a 10 for Superfine
Corn-N Meal s dull; sales $50 bbls; Yellow. wes-
DIVINE at Is a so. Wheat~recepfs IS. 500 bush;
the market is a shade strong but quiet with very
moderate export inquiry and light speculative de-
the spot; No Chicago at Ole; No. do at 96c; un-
graded Red at os; No do at I % g OsA; No 2 do
o5l "a o5 "a Gnsraded II White aa at os ger az
Go o.; No do 1l2, 900 bush at O9a a 10; extra
do, 1900 bush at III White State at 10; No Am
Y,
5000 bush at 06l, closing at O6 bid, OF asked do
March at OF bid. 0Si asked No Red for January,
asked; do February. bu h at 10 a l. 1oi eIos
ing 1O4 bid, 10i asked; do March, $4,000 bush at
III, closing at III bid, liz asked Rye dullIand
at Sc q 59c-car lots anG boat loads. harley quiet
and unchanged. Harley Malt dull and nominal.
Corn-receipts 14,225 bush market without decided
cnange: sales 1s1 900 bush including $4,000 bush on
the spot; ungraded at IS 47c; 44ac for No 81 Az a
i5c tor steamer AT q 47BC for No 2; 47sc for No
at 60 a 61c steamer for January at Az q 44sc,
closing 44lc bid, 44sc asked; do February at 44c
closing At 5d ~ asked as No for at
45i ACC, closing at 45ic bid 45sc asked do May at
46c. Oats-reeeipts z425 bush; the market is shade
No q 33c for No White; 3lac for No 1 Mixed Yves
tern at 3O5 bic; White Western at $500 35c; Mixed
State sS jn White State at IS g s5G No at 29c
demand; shipping at 40 q 45c. Hops in moderate
request at full late prices: yearlngs at 4@6; Eas
for poor to choice Coffee quiet and firm sm-
gar &c higher with gooddemand; sales $1,000 hhds
Cuba at 81 q 6ac: fair to good refining at 81 SIC;
prime at &c; refined unchanged with fair inquiry.
MoIasses is dull and unchanged. Rice quiet and
steady. Petroleum firm; sales 10000 bbls united
SIC bid; rumofed sales 10000 bbls az Ssc saIiow
steady sales 900 lbs at 81 s. tor good to choice.
Naval stores-kosin &c dull at 81 q 81 Potatoes
a 81; Peerless at 90 q 80; Sweets at 90 q So
Turpentine firm at &c. Eggs firm; State and Penn
Sylvan1a at ~ " ZcAc. oOuInefn ~ western
az ~ q 2sc; ordinary stock at % q CSC; lied at 10 a
2Oc Coal quiet and nominally unchanged; Anthra-
cite per ton 10 q 8 30. Hides firm but quiet; wet
sailed New Orleans selected As "a 70 lbs ats q 8;
Texas seected.50 and so lbs at a 93c. Leather
in fair demand and firm; Hemlock sole. Buenos Ay.
res light, middle and heavy weights at 20 q &c; Cal
ifornIa do at 10 q 21c; Orinoco at 10 q o. Pork is
about steady and quiet sales 100 bbs mess on spot
at 70 for old so for new 30 bbls arrive on
t; 1000 for May at 70. Beef is unchangeu and
dull; sales so bbls mess on pit Beef II AIMS NOM
inal; Western at IA 30 "a Il 49, fierce Beet un-
changed with very limited demand. Cut Meats
quet sales of $4,000 lbs picked bellies at 81; 500
fresh hams at 5c 80 boxes backs at Sci mddles quiet
and firm; Western and city long clear at 4sc asked;