The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-30

bushels. On tTluAy labt NO. Ieu Weak'
ern spot closed at 81 2lf, to-day at 81 q,
The decline in options was much greater,
closing last Friday at 81 lSt, TO day a
81 l5i Alter the close Of the Exchange
transactions on the street showed farther
falloi ic, and the market was weak, Stock
OF wheat 5SS 5Sl bushels. -
Corn ruled: quiet with declining ten
denCy. Transactions were limited re-
ceipts $40, ,09S bushels; sales 4S7 40 bush
els; exports 1882 bushels. The de-
creased foreign demand restricted the vol,
ums Of trade. On Friday last spots closed
at 56}c for No, 9 western mixed, today,
dull Gt 551c bid, Stock in elsyaton64S, los
bushels. :,
Flour has been only moderately active,
and at the close was very quiet with Afatr
demand for the better grades, which we're
firmly held. Receipts, 1885 barLs!s;
sales, 1880 barrels; exports, 2l,Gl9 bar
rels, the largest portion OF the shipments
being western.
Ia oats the demand has been only local
aud the market quiet, with little OF no
change in prices. Receipts, O,sQ6 bushels
sales, l8,2l4 bushels,
Rye, for which there has also been only
q local demand, has bRen less active, and
the price fell from 81 20 week ago to
81 II to-day. A.
The export trade has been active, the
books OF the Custom House showing .
valuation OF SS,995,l24, The i'm.
ports consisted chiefly Of iron
ore from the Mediterranean. and other
eastern ports, but they do not approach
In value the export trade; coffee dull, and
prices have fallen of from ! to cent for
ordinary to fair, Receipts, 9,S77 sacks;
sales, 6,722 bags. Sugar market fairly
active for refined at | above New York
quotations. No raw sugars here; the only
imports are from DemRrara, which are
sent to st. Lonis and Philadelphia as coon
as they arrive. Provisions have ruled
very frm and the highest prices are still
demanded, There has been nothing done
10 round lots, but the jobipg demand has
been fairly activei old mess pork ruled
steady, while cut meats were firmly held
also. Bacon and lard maintained the
highest figures oil the season. During the
week ll6, 325 pounds were exported. In
dairy products the markets were dull and
declined rapidly, packed western butter,
except the best grades, being very slow.
Eggs have constantly declined during the
week, and to-day western were quoted
dull at IA cents, Friday last they sold
freely at IL 10 IL cents. Receipts Of cattle
during the week lightand prices advanced
one quarter. Hogs dull, and the stock at
the pens large. Sheep plenty and no
change In prices.
COMMERCIAL MATTERS AT THE METROPOLIS
or NEW ENGLAND,
BosToN, April 29,-The volume Of
trade In several Of The leading departments
shows q fair increase for the week, and
thsreis a confident feeling that business
will improve during May. Values OF
nearly all kinds are on q low basis and
with increased activity 10 interest an ad
vance may be looked for Money has
been In good supply, and prime business
paper mostly from Al TO 81 per cent, with
some fancy peper atStto 4 per, cent.
The stock market ruled fairly active
with some advances In most Of the leading
railroads. Mining shares are quiet but
fairly steady. In cotton goods there ls o
better feeling, but prices are still In an
unsatisfactory condition. Some twenty or
thirty heavy western buyers have arrived.
In the boot and shoe. market, and the fall
trade is just about starting; prices are low,
but buyers are very cautious, and 1t may
be o week or two before much business
will be done. The clothing trade Is In q
satisfactory condition, and spring stocks
are clearing up well. Manufacturers are
working on clothing for the fall trRde,
which promises 10 be large. There 10 not
much doing In fish at this season, but
the prices oi cod and maCkerel are steady.
The estocks tf maCkerel are getting greduced, ,
and they will probably be sold out before
much new comes to hand. The Southern
fleet landed $50 barrels of new salted
mackeTel during the week. The fish trade
up to the close Of lent was very satislRc-
tory. o. '.' .'..s...r...'
THE CITY OF BRoTHRRLY LOVE ALSO A CITY
ri OF BRISK BUSINESS.
PHILADELPHIA, April 29,-The fine
weather Of the past week caused more feel
log in trade and the volume OF business
assumed more satisfactory dimensions,
though the aggregate is considerably below
the standard OF general antiCipations. The
spirit which rifles our domestic exchanges
Is buoyant and active, and II is not over.
confidence 10 expect our commercial pros.
sects will improve still more when the
present transitional season 10 over and
the years business is finally inaugurated.
Interior collections are better than they
have been for some time. Cotton moved
strong, owing 10 the absence Of desirable
grades. - --
FAILURES OF rHE PAST WEEK.
NEW YoRk, April 2o.-Ths failures re.
ported to Brddstrea's the past week
throughout the United States and Canada
number 1oS, an increase Of II over the
preceding week, but the number 10 below
the average, which for the past ten weeks
had been 12l. A number oi other firms
were compelled to ask an extension OF
their temporary embarrassment, being At.
tributed to various causes. In the Mid.
die States the number Of failures reported
was 20, an Increase oil; New England %,
an increase Of 0; Southern States 20, an
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