Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-12
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

New YORK, August FL a. m.-The stock
speculation was quiet and strong this morning
aud prices rose /, to II! per cent, Union Pacific,
Lackawauna and Lake Shore leading the rise.
Near II o'clock the market was lower.
Noon.-rhe stock market is now strong and
higher
ALEXANDRIA MARKET. August i There are
no new features in the grain markets, the iud fer
enco on the part OF buyers, and total absence OF
speculative feeling causing return of the old
time way of dealing; the offerings of Wheat to-
day were small 1000 bushels only being sold on
change at So for good Fultz; sc for fair long
berry; no.nxed was offered, and damaged and
common lots sold from 20 10 so Corn is quiet
and easy, and the market is declining iii sympa-
thy with Wheat: 500 bushels Of white, of fair
quality, brought Co. No yellow Corn, Rye or
Oats we're sold There is no quottblc change III
produce.
BALTIMORE Aug Iva. 6's defl =; do con-
solitlated :}S; do End series -; do past due con-
pons 3O1b new 10 lbs 33 y; do new IS n2.4 h'd
to-day Cotton dull middiing II. Flour dull and
lower to sell. Whcat-Southerna cascr and prime
scarce: Western lower. closing dull; Southern red
S5aS9; do amber 9Od93; No ! Maryland 81 ga
91;s; No = Western winter red spot S1FsaSS
August S7laaSS September S9ao94s: October
9Oata9OTs; November 92a921.,. Corn-Southern
scarce and firm: Western nominal Southern
white 6Sa7O; do yellow 6Sa70 Western mixed
0 ,tober I'll asked. Oats dull and lower; Southern
36a4i; Western white l5a4G do mixed ;5Sa42;
PENNSYLVANIA :;Gai3. Rye quiet ut 63a6o. Whis-
key steady at 81 Is. Other articles unchanged.
NEW YORK, August 1O.-stocks higher Money
LAP Cotton firm; uplauds 10 1916; Orleans
II 1-16. Flour heavy. Wheat bale lower.
Corn ;Aa3 &c lower.
CHICAGO August 12-Wheat E.aa.c lower.
Cnrn &C lower. Oats tiatlc lower.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, August 11.-Bcef
Cattle-Priccs of Beef Cattle ranged rs follows:
Best q 2iaSG 81 "; that generally rated first
quality 5 2oa:S6 90: medium good fairquall-
ty 4 OOaS4 STla: ordinary thin Steers, Oxen
and Cows 3 :'OlSl 90. Extreme range of prices
: 5OaS6 62ia Most of the siIcs were from 20
aJ 81 y per 100 lbs. Total receipts for the week
1910 head. Total sales for the week S5S head.
Tho market has been fairly active to-day, and
prices fully up to the figures at last week. consid-
erng quality, the general range hcng about the
same rs then but the offering OF tops superior to
those of last week.
Sheep and Lambs There is II slight increase i'll
the receipts, hut the quality of the offerings is not
IL good Us last week. Good Sheep have been
Der. Lambs and stock Sheep have been slow of
sale We quote butcher Sheep ut Bal l., cts, and
Lambs at a6 cts per ID gross. Stock Sheep "a
81 30 each for Ewes and 3iYai l cents per III for
Wrthcts Receipts this week UP head.
lIugs-Thc receipts, though several hundred
less than last week are equal to- very moderate
demand. The quality is not near good rs it WAS
last week. there being entirely too many light
and thin Hogs and grasscrs which sell quite low,
at 1a1ai cts We quote the better grades only III
fair demand at SaSla cts per lh net. Receipts
this week l.iti2 head.
TuE Low PRIcEoF WHEAT.-The patty Prot"cc
Rrlnrt in sIcaking of the present low prices oi
wheat says: The inquiry is almost daily made
~ Ia the raise of the low prices which prevail Tor
wheat often, too, it is accompanied with the re-
mark that they are lower than for a number OF
years In :, measure this is true, yet the year
ssh is piicnomcualy low year. many OF the
staple pr",lmcts rs we'll rs wheat, averaging lower
than ut any time in the recollection of our oldest
merchants. In 1876 prices for wheat at Balt-
more ranged about the figures rs now, and III
1851 fully ten cents lower than at present, good
to prime selling at - to so cents per bushcl OF
80 lbs The special cause Of the low prices Is III
:. measure the abundance and excellence OF the
present crop and the lack of demand from Europe,
where the yield is reported large.
MARINE NEWS