National Republican., 1883-08-17
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET

BALTIMORE, Aug. l6.-Virginia 6s, consolidated,
96I9 past due coupons, 40; new l0-4Os, 49, new IS,
ola bid to-day.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 16.-Cotton steady middling,
1919. Flour unchanged; Howard street and west
ern superne, s3 25@3 75 do. extra, 81 00g4 40; do
family, 30 2j6 00 city mills superfne SO 2593 rs;
do. extra, S4 COOS 30; do Rio brands, Sc OO96 %;
Patapsco family Sc %; do superlaye patent, 81 50
Wheat-southern ,flrmer; western higher, closing
l2l; No. Maryland, 81 2O@l 2Ol5; No. . western
winter winter red, spot 81 1891 IA August g 1850
e SSPisR6Ser 9 ls45 y October 81 !: :2o
@1 454 Corn-southern steady and quiet west
ern higher; southern white, 63l3@65c; do. yellow,
bid; September, 6iH96lSsc; October, .62a6-lIc;
steamer, Doc asked. Oats steady; southern. $50
$50 western white 37@SSc; old, 40@9ilci do. mixed
6ic. Hay unchanged; prime to choice Pennsylya-
mia and Maryland, sl4 00@l7 90. Provisions lower
aud qnset; mess pork, slS OG bulk meats shoulders
ders S4c clear rib sides. &C. hams l5a4Gl64c lard
refined, 1O4c. Butter dull; western packed, s(Dl6c
y eSm GeT 5S'zS SnedS dhSg @Ss Coee SG dun ftG Ro
oargoes, ordinary to fair, sADsI5c,, Sugar easier
and 9nleG SOFT s}c Copper refined steady At
Freights 10 Liverpool per steamer unchanged; cot
ton, 8-l6d; -four, Is. 3D. grain, 5l4@6d. Receipts
81 s0S o6 20g barrels whea bushels Sds S0rR
els. shipments-Corn, 1000 bushels, sales-Wheat
567,OOO bushels; corn, $4,000 bushels,
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YoRK, Aug, l6.-Money was easter at 2lI0
3 per cent. on call and closed at the lower rate
Foreign exchange heavy at 1922 for long and 4s6
for short sight. Governments tlrm. State bonds
dull. Railway bonds strong. This was another
day Of Improvement at the stock exchange. In
the early dealings II became evident that the mar
ket would be supported either by the leaders or
purchases for investment account Prices moved
up "A TO ~ per cent. in the first half hour, the lat
ter In Louisville and Nashville The Willard and
southwestern shares also, developed marked
ure TO sell and reaction of Is to per cent The
comparatively low prices current attracted pur.
ter midday orders to sell Western Union made
their appearance, and the stock receiving no sup
port yielded readily The bears then became
more confident and hammered the stock down to
7lA against 742s in the early trading. The sue.
ce'sful raid affected the whole list adversely and
the lowest prices Of tho day We're made, the de-
cline ranging from y to "a per cent. When West
ern Union was selling at the lowest point brokers
credited with Gould orders bought the shares lib
orally and the price recovered rapidly to "a, The
advance in this stock was the signal for general
buying movement In other active shares, and the
whole list sold up to the highest point of the day
in the final transactions As compared with la, I
nights closing. prices are "a to 2z per cent higher
with the advances well distributed In tho spc-
cialtles Chicago, St. Louis and Pttsburg preferred
rose to i6I 4 indianapolis, Bloomington and West
ern 2 TO 2315 Memphis and Charleston to 2S,
Nashville and Chattanooga II to 5i1a, Richmond
and Danville to &C, West Point Terminal 224 to
81 and San Francisco first preferred 2 to 90, The
demand for stocks for borrowing purposes contin.
ues active, and to-day as high as 1-16@A was
paid for New Jersey Central and 1100A tor New
York Central. Large amounts of stock were again
taken day for foreign account, and accordingly
there was an increased supply of bankers sterling
bills in the market. Commission houses report a
good demand for dividend paying stocks for in
ves'ment.
Transactions aggregated 356.53o shares, includ-
ing Canada Southern, 60O0 Central Pacific, 4,6O0;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 36, 900 Dan
yer and Rio Grande, l260O Erie, 1890; Kansas
and Texas, 9,l00; Lake SUore, 66OO Louisville and
Nashville, 1890; Missouri Pacific, II 100; Mem
phis and Charleston, 700; Northwestern $500; New
York Central, l3,2OO Northern Pacific, 10000; 81.
Paul 20700; Texas Pacific, l34O0; Union Pacific
12,900 Wabash 1900; Western Union, 90 100 North
ern Pacific preferred, l8,500; Wabash preferred,
$500: Oregon Transeontnental, 25,30O; Canada
Pacific, 6500; Richmond and West Point, 1900.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Reguar wheat quiet and
easier; 81 0gl4 August; 81 039s September; No. .
Chicago spring, 81 02; No. do, 90; No. red winter
81 00%. Corn in fur demand, but lover 5ll6o
cash and August; 50jsc September Oats quiet
and weaker; 26%c cash. 26lSC August; 26r Sep.
tomDer. Pork in lair demand prices nomiualiy
unchanged Sl2 1b@l2 20 cash and August; Sl2 l7l5
@l2 20 September. Lard in fair demand aud
rmer; IS 80 cash and August; IS 30@S 3215 Septem-
Der. Bulk meats in fair demand; shoulders, So 50;
short rib, S6 50; short clear, 81 %.
The DrOuerS Journal reports: Hogs-Reeepts,
1000 head; shipments, 5000 head; market mod
erately active and steady; packing. 81 6O@i 90;
packing and shipping, So 00GD5 30; light bacon
grades, 80 SO@5 90: skps, SS 6O95 80; the market
closed dull.