Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-05

Lum Observation-Disclosures. % IA, r.
sslt-G. A. (Liverpool).... 900 Il 40. (
tlne 800. 50 * -
Turks Island. ........... 050 ii a.
Wool-Long unwsshed..... 020 a. pos
washed. INSTRUMENTATION. u - IA po
Merino, unwashcd."... 020 III nns
Do. "asheu.' ''........... - "a ufn
Sumac. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. u 80 u itn
hay. .;'.......'.."............ - oO u 800,
Cut OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II 90 Ia Isun
Wheat Bran...... .............. 90 IN Iuno
Brown Middlings. 21 90 Ia nnuo
| White Middlings..... 49,. -. % % III nlun
Hominy, per bbl."........... 375 d. In
| Hominy Chop ............ 90 co Ia "nnu
Cotton Seed Meal............. - 90 IL $500
| Cotton Seed Oil. per gall. IS IL u-5
The market opened steady with Il better iona
but the week closes quiet and easy alta slirA, No..
cline in both Wheat and Corn, owing msjuIy =,
the increase of the visible supply and SLOW FOREIGN
| demand l 800 bushels of Wheat were sold on
change this morning at IS for good Fulll %,
| 10 for common to fair, and S2aS4 for MIXED. M
| longberry WAS offered. Corn-recepts were li.b,
to-day; white brought .lS. No yellow Corn. I've
| or Oats were sold. Pork is in liberal rcrcip and
| easy. Other produce is without change
BALTIMORE, Dee. 5.--ya. 6 5 defd =; e.. soil.
dated 39t4; de I'd series - past due coupon,:3:
new 10 40s 30: new IS 52ln bid ,n.i,y
Cotton higher and firm: midd!ing 1Otalua
Flour dull; Howard street and W,,,.rn
super 81 25a2 IS; do extra 81 7Ja:} ). IA,
family SO 50a4 so; City Mills super 81 pa. -
do extra So 00a3 rs; do Rio Brands il IT,,
4 10; Patspsco family s. IS: do snpcrIaiT"
patent So rs. Wheat-Southcrr steady aud firm.
| Western steady and fairly activc; Southern nd
S2aS5: do amber 9Oa92: No ! Maryland SCI,
| s64; No Western winter red spot 79i,A78#.
December 79isa79t.; January SU5saSU7s Feb.
rusry 23ssS21s. Corn Southern higher with
good demand: Western higher and active south
ern white 41a4Si2; do yellow 80; Western
mixed spot ASta4S3. December I1L,ai$l,
January 4G3saiGia. Oats dull and highest fr.
urcs only for choice light weight; Southern 3!a
81; Western white :S2a:}3; do mixed 3Oi3l; rruua
32a34 Rye quiet at G2a65. Hay steady: prim"
| to choice Pennsylvania and Maryland Sliai5 10
| Prov islons lower and dull Mess Pork SD Enik-
meats shoulders and clear rib sides packed it1
Observation-Disclosures ~. clear rib sides ga. Hams
12ta11 Lard trefncd) Sis Butter quir.
Western packed 12a22 creamery 2:}a3l Ers,
steady at 2Gs27. Coffee quiet and easy; ITO
cargoes, ordinary to fair Sa4a9... Sugar que;
and easy A soft 6ls Whiskey steady ut 81 l-a
10.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5-Stocks q trino bette,
Money lba2. Cotton firm uplands lOa, Orlcau7
II. Flour dull and heavy Wheat lower. Com
better.
CHICAGO. Dec. 5.--On Change at 11.l5 a. IA
Wheat was lsat,c lower Corn a.c higher for all
| year; other futures cay. Oats isaE,c lower
RICHMOND MARKET. Dec 4-rhcrc is but 1t
| tie doing and the market is without material
| change Flour is very quiet and transarl'", :
| limited. Offerings Of Wheat to day reached about
| 300 bushels with sales of white at S3a-S; long
berry at S0aS7 and ehortberry ut 15aS1. Sales
| of prime white Corn at 40, and a few bushels Il
Rye brought g. Nothing doing in other articles
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET :yec. 1.-THE mar
ket is very quiet and recciE$s Of produce !igh'.
Flour So 5Oa5 so, as to brand, with but ln;I"
inquiry. Wheat quoted at 1880; Corn mt 4oa
| 40; Rye at 5Oa55, and Oats at 3Oa3j.
| LYNcHBURG MARKET Dec. 4.-The market Is
| quiet and prices unchanged Flour remains dull.
Wheat is without change and dull ut TOAST. Corn
quiet at 45a5O. Rye and Oats nominal. Receipt,
of Tobacco heavy and tho market is active and
| prices we'll sustained.
BALTIC SUGARAND COFFEE MARKET. Dec. 4.
Sugars.-The demand for raw Sugars continue
| light and unimportant. and the market, rs u
whole, offers nothing calculated to attract fresh
attention Buyers are in the same old Indifferent
mood, and neither cOaxing nor driving seems t"
| induce them to display additional interest tn"
only basis for demand being fourd in actual
wants. The indications are favorable for SOM"
| what easier terms retention Of old quota
| tions being upon nominal basis only. We quot"
| fair to good refining 5a5la,C: centrifugal, 80
| test. 6L,a6I2. For refined Sugars the mark,
Is quiet at our quotations. say for cut loaf I '-c
for crushed IL for powdered 6ai; for graf
uatcd 6Ss soft G1.: yellow 5a5al.
| Cofee.-The market is quiet and easy for in
| voices, with full Offering at lower prices tn"
demand is slow and the sales we're only 2,fhI
bags at 81, a0 IA. At the Exchange to-day UDj
| bags March sold at So SO. We quote Rio invoices
as follows: Ordinary at 9a4 cents, fair at 81
cents, coed at 1O1. cents and prime AT 10',i cts.
Cattle Markets.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. Dec. 4.-shcc.
| and Lambs.-We have no receipts since Monday,
| and there remain about $50 head Of that day
| offerings. Prices arc unchanged, but trade has
| been slow. Hogs-We have no arrivals to record
since Monday. The number in the pens is nearly
$50 head. Trade has been fair since last Monday
| but slow just now. and prices remain as they
were then, viz: 5taG4c.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. Dec 4.-Becvcs-
Receipts 900; all for this market and held over
no trading in Beef Cattle worth nothing; fair dc.
mand for dressed beef at 7a10c per III for native
Sides and Gal for Texas do. Sheep opened dull
and easier but closed firm with an upward ten
dcnry; extremes s:'a4 10 per 100 lbs for Sheer,
S4a5 S7Ii, for Lambs. Hogs.-All for slaughter
ers direct; nominally steady.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. Dec 4-Cattlc-
Market steadier; fancy Cattle So 2Oa6 80; good
to choice shipping s. 6OaG 10; common to fair
s. 25a5 %. Hogs.-Market opened strong, then
declined 5alOc and closed Gull; rough packing