, 1881-11-13


Saturday, but very Irregular. There WIS il gen
crul advance early and IN equally general turn
down towards the close of rhe trading. The
foreign markets were stronger on grain, with q
good demand b1 Continental buyers, aud this
was favorable IT, an advauce here, while the fact
of finer weather told in the other direction on
prices. especially as there were comparatively
few outside orders. Local operators were pretty
much left to their own dcvces and it WIS whls-
pered that chAmpagne supper had something
to do with the advance In wheat. The out
ward movement of stuff appeared to be suw.
Mess pork closed 74zGl0c hsgaer, ut Sl8.S54l lf.40
for December and El7.45Gl1.471s for January.
Ldr closed 15Gj-Oc higher, at Sl-i!!.GD .GDll.31 for
December and $ll-6E3il.62E January. Short
ribs closed 10c higher, at s5ovGgS.9.1 seller Jan
uary. Whenr closed l!aIt:sc higher. as S1o@
for November and Sl.jS for December. C'rn
closed &c higher. at G9ac for December and
t5aItGc for May. Oats closed with little change,
November selling IL 43;sc, December at 4f,sG
41llc, and May at 461sg461+c. Rye closed 1Ef1.c
lower. at 9.c spot, with 9S54c bid for December
aud 93c bid for Jnnuary. Barley closed 13GSlo
higher, at $10' for No. cash, Sl.051. for De-
cember, and No. quotabe at a3?zc in car-iots.
and 9ic for November In settlement. Hogs we're
stronger at $5.1tE6.lO for light and at S5.tN186o
for beavy. Cattle were about steady ut $3.50
1.0o for poor to extra The receipts for the week
we're u, wv cattle 1656N hogs, and 19,0oJ sheep.
against u a>n catt}e, 81 ,69 hogs and s,14s sheep
tor the corresponding week last year
In dry-goods circles there we're 10 changes
calling for special menuon. The weather con-
t'nulue untuvorable. there was no Improvement
ID the demand, and extreme qu1ctude again pre-
vailed IN most departments ot the nnrkeI Inc
steaducss or values renamed undIsturoed-
Only light demand Tor groceries existed, for
WHICH state OF aua1fs country nuo Is neld ao-
countaple. Inc general market remained easy,
tnoueo no auosaole cnahRes "ere noteo. Fflces
or dr}ed fruits we're again weak ana unsettled.
with raisltls anu citron quoted lower. Ihe lack
OF fr.nness Is u ascrloeu 10 Inc continued oull-
ness Of trade. No changes were developed in
tho fish market excepting decline to {5.l0G
5.25 III trout Dairy products were inactive and
wcuk. There is no demand beyond meeting i'm
mediate wants, There was hight movement
IN oils at generally steady prices. Linseed had
au advancing tendency, and turpeuiine was
held 20 higher, at Soc. Continued frnlness is
noied In the pfg-fron market Coal Is un-
changed.
Tho demand for hay was light, coming princi-
paily from local buyers. No. timothy ruled at
range OF $1s.00Ils50, some very choice 1uts
selltu. ut $500. Green fruits we're moving
slowly as usual on Suturuay, no change In prices
being noted. building materials are tribe less
actiyc, though there Is still good trade at rates
ruling Tor tn6 past month"; dIde6 afc moving
fairly, but heavy stocks preclude any immediate
*'boom.'' Tanners arc generally working up
their stocks very closefy IN anticipation o1 all
carly decline. Grease and talluw arc dull at
quotauons. Wool IS quiet and steady. Seeds
were quiet for timothy and clover, the former
being quotable Mt SOS for prime and tho latter
at S5.U0. Flaxsecd WAS weak, selling early ut
SL50, and later at $1.4S for good crushing detir-
cred
Grain frcahts were almost entirely neglected,
shippers, most of them. fail .us to put in III up-
pearancc. a small engagement (50,0O0 bu) was
ch;c,yo Nuwaukcc 81 1ouis. To,edn- and ne-
tr1,r ,o,,rar,te4 n nm hu and rho sbin,nenta
-, ~ h,, Tho .,Inn,an,o fror,: No,r y,,r.- ri
4'ooo "N nt,.,sI 80 ,o, Nv, -. 01
&'nio'c T. "a' u''""e'pA' "s'a 1'os'e' ou s. :
some complaint was uaae oa1uFoh9 tnat cor-
tain packers were In the hatIt OF taxing out tho
overplus weight from the pork stored with
the1n though it may have been sold by other
,S-,,a. If vc4 stn,ea in onswcr to ;,n,,;rv
"a 20. ~ ss,s .a"Sasa;,>,e . ssr .s.
that the packers are hciC responsible Tor the
e"ccNaeoo - ~A 20 - . " 80 49, o''u
to overhaul every bhrrel before sending 1t out
~ shinnars They rsta o,,f the arerni,,s "a II.