The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-19
my telegraph,

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NEw YORK, May 1S-Fvening.-EIour market
shade stronger on Spring Wheats and firm for good
grades Winter dull and heavy for Others. with
| fair local trade inquiry
Receipts Flour 5,449 bbls; exports 1896 bbls
sales 10, bbls; No at 8 O0@4 25; gSuperhne
western and State O095 %; common to good ext
Western and State O0a5 80; good TO choice Yves.
terr exgra at 85o 8 %, common to choice White
Whest a Western extra 259S 25; fancy do at 8 80
90 70; common to good exers Ohio ct 2OGS 70;
common to choice extra ST. LOUIS at 2Oa9 25:
Patent Minnesota extra at 5OG8 90: choice to
extra at 65a6 80 for w |; 1900 bbls No at 3 90
"a 20; 1900 Superfine at O005 1 8; 45o bbls low
extra at 8 00a5 30; 1900 bbls eintefa Whest extra
at D ZOG9 %; 640O bbp Mimi. extra OOd9 Is;
southeri flour is firm; good to choice at 6 son
9 %; common to fair 65o 5 75 Wheat-receipts
6l,32S nush. Exports AZ, l79 - bush: cash lots a
shade easier; options opened "A asa lower after
wards recovered from decline and advanced AR16
closing very hrm at best rates, with a little more
DONG for export and fair speculative trade: sales
7zouoO oussn. ucIudins 10000 bush on the spot:
No Spring 30 ungr AIDED Spring 81; ung. AIDED
Red at 69l AS: No 4 do l 28; No do at All:
No ICED 441a f o b; 451sa1 45s4 cert, and
| as delivered. ungraded White at 421s; No 2 do
l 40; No White, 5000 at l 431a cert 43 70 b.
Rye weak State at oS12@91 12c; Canada at Ola
81 1ac. Barley is firm. Malt is steady. Corn
cash and Way 1s a. "A lower; options opened weak
after ards strong aud advanced 1so closing with
advance lost and shade easier; trade ony moderate
cstts rs, 30 6ush; exports 36, ,02l bush; sales
1,O47,O . Ousb, including 10000 on spot; un-
graded at Sl@S6c; No at S5s4 eS6c eiev and at
S57s @e6c deliver; White southern at 96cGI o >:
No for May at 855s 0S6c closing S6c; June S2G
S21zc. closing at 50; July at S214aS2ssc, closing
September gt 81 rsGSS, closing S2Jsc <safs 1sCS
1s lower and fairly active for speculation receipts
~ at az 2e ports $e sass ~ 15 Spsn
10 at b514965s4c: No at 63c; do White at 69c
Mixed Western o3Ge5c; do White at 62s4 a6Sc;
Mixed State at 81 a66c; White do at 6597O19c.
ssagss firm; fair good refining at 7ss a 7lsc; re-
fined strong White Ex q S5s0ESA yellow do ait8IA
a81a; off S7s a914 standard at 9Ss ;powder ed
al Qt mi had
Contectioners at 91s granuated at 97sc. NO
tsS.ss is trIn Petroleum firm; united at 1914.
TslsoVs very drn. prime city S1auaoss. Pork
fairly active and quite rn; sales 425 bbls old mess
on spot IS; new II SO; July closed at 8 Si63
81 ~; June ! 9 45a 65;August at 10 70a g 30.
s4sr1 is less active opening weak. afterwards 21I
as higher, closing duii aud depressed; sales 100
prime steam on spot IL 81 " q L 721S; lS5 city
steam l so; refined for Continent IL 70. Buffsr
weak; Western l0d2 c; creamery at 261aa27c.
Cheese is firm for choice; others weak.
FreiShts 70 LiVerpooi dull wheat u steam -.
CHICAGO. May 18 Flour quiet. Wheat ger er-
ally higher; No Chicago Spring at ! 1854 a "A
for cash: "a for May 241s for June; 1 24ss@
241s July; IA for August, No Chicago Spring
at 1891 10; rejected at $50. Corn lower at 74s{
~ sCG721ac August; rejected at 72Ssc. OaIs lower
at 90 21ea53e cast; so 21sc May ole for June; n
July; 375sc August. Rye and Barley steady. Pork
dro ping at - 10ai9 10 Tor cash, 10 10 for May;
10 071a ai9 10 for June; 10 u 1sll9 30 for July;
10 47129l9 90 for August Lard easier II S71s
cash and May; IL 40 for June; IL 521salI 80 for
July. IL 65@lI STA August. iulk Meats-sboul-
ders so short ribs s.; short clear at IL 20.
at the afternoon csll of the Board Wheat closed
irregular. not changed. Corn hrmer but not gene'-
ally higher. Oats easier but not changed. Pork and
Lard easier but not lower.
sSooo, pS- 10 0OO Dol, nour. 5000 bush wheat,
LAT, 900 bus | orn, Go 900 bush osts. 2,1OO nueE
rye Ia, ,00U ousu oarley.
sh hpuienrs 2 500 obIs four, Al 600 bush wheat,
5S, 600 1psa corn, $4,000 busl cats, 5000 bush
rys. 400 9rsh barley.
ST. LOUIS, May lS.-Flour dull triple extra at
) 25@5 40; family at 70aD5 so; choice TO fancy
1T O0@6 90. Wheat weak; No Red Fall / 301a
sash; 2219 for June / 21s for July; 90 Aug;
No 3 do at 2lA No 4 do / 10 Corn-cash and
May higher, other months lower; 1884 09781ac cash,
according to location; 71sc for May; 1874 June:
73 12e for July; 72A August. Pork easier 10 75
asked cash, 19 90 bid June. Lard nominal
aoceipts-5O0o bale aoGI, l6,OOo adssssh rve
81 $50 susn eorn,O0 900 bush osts ,0.0oH
D 900 bush barley. 10 bush wneat
Shipments-6, 600 bbls dous1sh cats, 90 Gna hSsS
$50 600 bnsh corn heat easy; No Mnse at sisS7 81
lssrtaY.vfT S at So June 3ZHs; ny No White
~. # / sS5Si s5,s i2;No Red STA aske1' NJ
80. ION. st;,poants 600 bush.
Nocs'p,s zee op,rASs, May 1s.-oOttOn quiet @i'Afs
nLuds 12e. - nothino doing; Mid
,,aBIIE, May le.-Oes''@
diitlplspds 12c. :. .r;e.. Nt,ddling
lands 11s4c. o.su. Nf,daling up.
| lands 40,