The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-12-18
Gloucester Fish Market.

FOR THE WEEK ENDING Dec. 16, 1880.
Our quotations are wholesale prices for fare lots,
and jobbing lots command an advance on our fig
Georges Codfsh-s51a % atl for large and $ss4
for!medium; picked cured Bank 1894 q $44 P qtl
nominaily $4M 5 ati. Shore Goldfish s41as5 for
large and S3N93M for medium. Nova Scotia
Bank S31s to 81 for large and S2A to So for me-
dunn
We quote Cusk at 1924 @S3, Haddock at $40
$2A, Hake $11s@11a; American Pollock $1s4 q
Bcn aIe sa agd il rom b
Hake and Cusk to 51308 for best Goldfish. Smoked
Halibut at 1O1a@11c 4Y fb. Smoked Salmon 15c;
Sealed Herring 16@24c % box. Bloaters at 6oc p
Mackerel-We notice sales of Shores at s13@S14
% Dbl for Is. $5A@$5A for rs, $3A@$4 for 3s.
$5@$6 for Labrador and Nova Scotia split. East
port round $21s@$3; Newfoundland do $2A@21s.
Trout 81 p bbl; Salmon $40 y Dbl; swordfshiat
Heads $319, Halibut Fins SO bbl,s Fins and Napes
at $41a, Tongues So, Tongues and Sounds at $40;
Market Fis6-s31a and s21a % cwt for steak and
market Goldfish: S214 TO, Haddock, S114 for Cask
and Hake, and 81 for Pollock; Fresh Tongues Sc
Fresh Halibut-To-day's sales IA and 121sc % 1b
for white and gray.
Frozen Herring in good supply and selling at SIG
Pure Medicine Oil at soc p gal, crude do at SOC;
Blacklist Oil 6oc; Cod do 40c; Shore do 3Sc; Porge
do 37c
Porgie scrap $12 y ton; Fish do So to $40; Liver
do 1914; Livers 40c " bucket.
Domestic Markets.
fBv Telegraph,
NEW YORK.. Dec. 17-Eyening- Flour-Receipts
81, 54S bbls; exports %, 152 bbs: in buyers favor
and prices without decided change with a moderate
export demand, mainly on low grades and light job
bling trade; sales 21.50O bbls; No 2 at OO@3 3d.
Superfne Western and State at 8 4o@3 95: ex
choice do at O5a6 rs; White Wheat Western
extra at 3 1926 90; fancy do at 8 1907 90; ex
a Ohio at aos ss extra St i a.
to double extra at 30@8 %, including 34O0 bbls
City Mills extra at s. 5o@5 so for w L; POO bbls
S. 1900 bbis low extra at sog4 GO; 500 bbs
Winter Wheat extra at 40@8 rs; 600 bbls Min
nesota extra at 4O@8 25 closing heavy. Southern
port at 621s prices unchanged. Rye Flour is
Hour quoted at 2 1922 80. Corn Meal quiet and
wine SO. Wheat-receipts 1O3, $50 bush; exports
7O,276 bush; Spring White firm Red 1s@M lower
trade sales 800 900 bush. including 21O 600 bush
on spot; ungraded Spring at O6; No Milwaukee
! a; ungraded Red 05@1 %; No do att 1874
No do at 25@1 20; Mixed Winter at 1 II; un
graded White at O8@1 o;~No 2 do at 1 1874
49, s1 s HS Red fHr Ds
ry, 456, 900 bushat 2O@1 211 do for February
$50 600 bush at 225a@1 2SA; do May, 10000
16,COO bush at 1 1714@1 171a; January, 100, OOC
at 1891 1894 Rye quiet and unchanged. Corr
cash h@1c; decline mainly on new options arc
bush; sales 145 900 bush ncluo1ng Sc, 900 bush on
the spot; ungraded at 561a @5814c: No 3 at 5514
sSSsss steamer Wts at SSss@SS5ss No at
571ac; No for December 584c do January at
5SB @59c; February at 1914 @59s4c. Oats 14Sd
bush; No at 4sM a4sc; do white 4sg4sla; I 10
Do %hits At z7e Mixed western 3a94o; = Wass
bush No for January at III 44Sz41sc; &, 90 dc
for February at 4514@45%c. sugar is quiet and
ratherIweak; fair to good refining quoted at 71z
mand; standard A at 91sc; crushed 1O;powdered
at e7s 91Oc; granulated at 95sc Nolasses is un.
changed. Petroleum dull and lower; united al
low is steady at SIS. Pork unsettled, lower and
weak; 400 old mess on spot at Is O0@13 25; jan
Beef unchanged and quiet. Lard is higher, strong
85@8 80; to arrive 80; 1000 for December at
500 for February at o2ss9s iorened for ra CONT
nent quoted at 91719.. Cheese stronger; State at
0M 9l314; others unchanged.
Freights to Liverpool frm-Wheat steam at 712
CHICAGO: Dec. 17-Flour nominal. Wheat is
active and higher; No Red Winter 90; No Chi
cago Spring at 0114@1 011s for cash. 1 O11a fol-
DECEMBER o21s@ 3s o2A for Jangary;l os fol-
iecten 68@69!ac. Corn is moderately active and
higher at 800 for cash; s91sc for January; 391ae
IOr f0DTudry; 44zS044Ac IOr May; 40H2Q40%SC
for June Oats fairly active and shade higher al
31A @31asc for cash; 1ssc for january $3.50
1854 for May. Rye steady and unchanged. Bar
ley easier at a. Pork active. firm and higher al
IL 90 for cash; ID 121A@13 Is for January; Is &c
@13 321a February. Lard active and higher sc
cash; 8 521a98 55 for January; 65@8 671a fol
February. Bulk Meats are irmer: shoulders Is
short rib at 80: short clear at 90.
Receipts-20, 900 bbls -four, 122 900 bush wheat
229 900 bush corn, 10000 bush oats. TO- 900 busf
rye 35, 600 bush barley.
Shipments z 900 bbls flour, 80 900 bush wheat
"a 900 bush corn, 80 900 bush oats, $500 busf
rve $4,000 bush barley.
At the Afternoon Call of the Board-Wheat No z
Chicago Spring was active for February; 1 O1k@
l 01M for December; 017s91 OF for January
1 02zs@ al 90 for February. 081s91 OS14 May
Corn quiet at $3.50 bid December: 391s@3914t
january; 391s@395sc February: 441s@4414c fol
May. Oats quiet 81 1s0313sc for January: 1854 a
357sc May. Rye quiet 87@871ac December. Bar
| ley nominally IA December and Jan. Provisions
steady and in fair demand. Pork 13 1913 171.
for January; 10 3O@13 35 for February. Lard a
8 AS bid December; 521s@0 IS January: 65a
| 8 671a Feb.
| ST. LOUIS, December 17.-Wheat at 1 011a hi
| cash. O06s bid for December; 07A March
| l 1OM bid May. Corn 391Ac bid cash: 1850 biz
| December; 4Oc bid Jan. ;43Ac bid for May.
DETROIT Dec. 17.-Wheat is steady; No Whit
| at l O214gfor December;1 OBS for January1 O51I
| for February; 07as bidfor March; 90 for April
| No 2 White at 97lhc.
| SAVANNAH, Dec. 17.-Cotton is firm; Middlius
| uplands at 11ac.
| NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 17.-Cotton steady; Middlin,
| uplands 1880,
! MEMPHIS. Dec. II Cotton is firm; Middlng up