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

short clear 1t; long and short clear at Al long and
short clear half and half III sales at west $50 bxs
and closed quiet and heavy; sales 1850 tics of prime
steam on spot at 81 q 80; 500 ties to arrive at s5
25s0 les for January IS; 90 ties for February at
April at 973 q 90; $50 ties for May at 074; 1900
ties city steam at So 100 ties refined for West Indies
at l5. Butter unchanged; State at q 25c; Wes-
tern at q SOC. Cheese dull; State at q &C., Skins
at "a DC; Western q 81. seeds-Lnseed inactive
at COG O21 gold, time. WhisIkey is nominal at
Wool quiet and firm; domestic fleece at 80 q 43c;
pulled at II g 35c; unwashed at 10 q Csc; Texas at
Freights to Lverpool-market is dull; Cotton per
sail at Id: do per steam q 932; Wheat steam at
q sid.
CHICAGO, Januaryi4.-Flour quiet aud unchang-
Winter at S63c; No Chicago Spring at s2sc for cash.
$50 q sSsc for February: $40 q s4h for March; No
sRGng a. Ss sSe a a.
changed. Rye steady and in fair demand 43c bid.
Barley is in good demand and tending upward at 96
demand but lower at 42s cash Z 52k q 55 tor Feb
ruary 624 q IS for March. Lard unsettled but
but generally owep a. As for cash. 1924 81 for
and unchanged; shoulders at 571; short rib al 60;
clear at 20. Dressed hogs stronger at 05 g 10.
receipts 800 bbls -four 1000 bush wheat, 49,
600 bush corn, $4,000 bush oats, 1900 bush rye, 5000
shipments-9,oOO bbls foar $4,000 bush wheat
$1,000 bush c.rn, $4,000 bush oats, 500 bush rye,
| 5000 bush barley.
ST LOUIS, January 4.-Flour nomnally unchang-
ed Wheat higher but market slow; No 2IRed Fall at
s2i @ 924c for cash; 81 92ae for January; 90 g 93ac
for February; 81 "a 945c for May; No Red Fall at
sac; No Spring 7dc bid. Corn higher at 29l q 295c
size for March; 32i a sac for May. oats Inactive;
No at 2Ot 20sc for cash; 2Oac for January; 2St "a
a3sG for May Rye dull at = a2c Barley dull
ions quiet and unchanged and only small trade The
embargo by underwriters on navigation below Cairo
and Belmont has almost stopped temporarily Soth-
| ern shipments.
Receipts-S,OOO bbls -four, 1000 bush wheat, 81
wy o bush corn, 1000 bush oats. 1000 bush rye,
Shipments 200 bbls -four IL, 900 bush wheat IA a.
600 bush corn, 1000 bush oais, 200 bush rye 1000
| bush barley.
| changed. Wheat opened firm and closed quiet; No ]
\ Milwaukee hard at 93c; No Milwaukee soft at &c:
No Milwaukee at s3ac; January at s3sc; February
| safe; March at 854c; No 8 Milwaukee at 704c; No
| Milwaukee at 604c; rejected at 49Ic. Corn steady;
No 2 at 293c. Oats quiet; No at 1stc. Rye Is neg
February at 81 q ssc. Provisions quiet and steady
Mess Pork firm at 10 for old; new at so. Lard
steam 30. Live hogs steady 255 so. Dressed
keccipts-s,6O6 bbls flour, 10000 bush wheat.
Shipments-260O bbls -four, $4,000 bush wheat
January 20.
| CINCINNATI, January 4.-Wheat scarce and firm
Red and White at 92c g 90. Corn dull and shade
lower at 3lt q &c cash; sac seller January. Oats
l
easier at SIC cash; sic seller January. Barley quie
and unchanged. Pork quiet but firm; jobbing 90
Lard quiet; steam at 50. Bulk Meats are quiet
50 and 30 q and 65 q 70 for shoulders, clea
rib and clear sides. Bacon quiet but steady; shout.
ders q 9 3ielear rib A @ a; clear sides Al. Wits
key higher at o.. Butter dull and unchanged. Su-
| gar steady ana unchanged.
| Hogs quiet and firm; common at 20 a 60; ligh
at 2 IS q so; packing at Q rs a 90; butchers al
80 q 8 o.; receipts 1921 head; shipments 1897 head
DETROIT. January 8. Flour is firm and steady
sales 500 bbls White at 70. Wheat is firmer extr;
| White Michigan at 96c; No White Michigan at SIC
February 95ac; April at 99lc. Corn dull but firme
and very little inquiry; No Yellow, new at 35c
High Mixed new sac; No Mixod new at 3ac; No
| Mixed new 33tc. Oats steady and quiet; No Whit
at 264 g &c; No 2 White at 24ac; No Mixed at 24c
| No2 Mixed 234c. Cloverseed lower with an active de
mand-prime at 90; choice O6. Dressed Hogs firm
l at TO-.
heceipts-2 400 bbls -four, $1,000 bush wheat ,16 OO
| ousb corn. 900 bush oats
oo shipments 200 bbls flour, 1900 bush wheat
| ooVo bush corn. 1000 bush oats.
TOLEDO, January 4.-Wheat is dull; amber Mich
1gan on spot and January at 9isc; February at 96i
asked, 96c offered; No Red Winter on spot at 95ac
| February at S64c: Western Amber at $780, Corn i
| quiet; High Mixed at 3S1c No Q on spot 31sc; Feb
| rurry at 3l3c. Oats dull and nominal. Hogs 10,
| No without or shipments reported.
CLEVELAND. January Petroleum firm; stand
| ard White g.