Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

The Flour market is quiet and steady. Dealers
are not buying largely in advance of their wants
while holders are not disposed to press sales.
Wheat is irregular and fuctuating, settling each
day about midway between the extremes. The
bulk OF the offerings for some time past has been
for ordinary to good quality, End prime lot of
milling is rarely found, hence the wide range of
prices here as elsewhere; Fultz brings from 30 to
1O4 mixed 90 to lO5 longberry 100 to 100;
damaged and common lots of either grade 80 to
95, as to condition. Corn is quiet Rye and
Oats are steady. Eggs continue scarce and are
higher. Butter is coming in freely and is hard to
move, except vt reduced figures. There is no
material change in other produce.
BALTIMORE May 2O.-Vs. G's consolidated 1879;
past due coupons 52l. do new 10 4Gs 81; new IS
52a. bid to-day. Cotton quiet; middling 1Oa4
Flour quiet and steady; Howard street and
Western super So 5Oa3 So do extra 81 9Oa4 3. !;
do family 81 65a5 so; City Mills super So oOa
3 rs: do extra $4 0Oa4 %: do Rio Brands 50 15a
25 Patapsco family S6 90; do superlative
pa tert Sc IS. Wheat.-Southern quiet and steady
Western lower and easy; Southern red 102alO5 !;
do amber 11Oa113 No Maryland 1O5a1O6; No
2 Western winter red spot s9a99lb; June 1COa
1904; July 1027sa1O3hs; August 1O4osalO6 -.
Corn-Southcrn steady and firm: Western dull
and nominal; Southern white 6la62; do yellow
56a57 Western mixed spot "a y asked june
ga bass July 55a55l4. Oats fairly active and
firm; Southern 41a43; Wes'ern white 42'aa44 ;
do mixed 41a42; Penna Haas. Rye firm and
quiet at S2aS4 Hay quiet and firm prime to
choice Penna and Nd Sl9a2O. Provisions quiet
aud steady; Mess Pork SIP 75a13 GO Bulk
meats-shoulders and clear rib sides, pack
ed, 54a7 Bacon-shoulders 6; clear rib
sides 7a.. Hams 1114a13. Lard, refined sl4.
Butter quiet; Western packed bali creamery
23a25 Eggs easier at l3&a14. Coffee steady;
Rio cargoes ordinary to fair 75saSl4 Sugar firm
and higher A soft 6lba63.. Whiskey firm 1t
| 81 GOAL 81.
NEW YORK, May 2O-stocks dull and un-
| changed Money easy at l. Cotton very dull ;
uplands 1913; Orleans lis futures dull and
easy. Flour dull and heavy. Wheat lower.
Corn better. Pork dull at S12a12 %. Lard
frmer at 81 O2la.
CHICAGO, May 2o-1O:4O a. m.-Thc feeling
was weak in all the speculative commodities at
the opening On Change this morning, but 3 bet
ter feeling prevailed later. July Wheat Tell Oh
to 913a but afterwards rallied u Corn is ruling
shade fi1mer at 477sa4S for July. Oats un-
changed. Provisions are also steady and I'M
changed.
NEW YORK, May 2O.-11 q. m.-The Wheat
market opened 1:lc lower Afterwards recovered
from the decline and advanced trife leading to
I moderate degree of activity.
| ALEXANDRIA CATTLEMAIKET, May ~, 1850
Prices ranged as follows:
cattleNVerv best. ........... 51a SO:
Good.
Medium or fair quality ................ "A o
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen andCows 81 81
Calves .....''.' 1900.
Sheep. ......'.
Lambs fall Lambs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. az
Hogs dressed 49,.
Cows and Calves 25aSoO.
The market this week was better supplied will
all kinds of stock than for several weeks past
and prices for Cattle, while quoted higher, wer
about as last week, the quality making the dit
ference in price all the offerings were sold
Calves in good supply and fair demand sheel
dull. Lambs in fair request and lower hog
nominal and DO sales reported. Cows and GAVE
in fair demand.
QUEENSTOWN CATTLE MARKET. May ia
Queenstown on Monday 135 head OF Cattle Wer
on the market and sold: Best: o5sa51 good
5ssa5lb; fair. 5a5la medium 4ssa5; ordinary
3lSs4Ibc. 923 old Sheep and Lambs up and sole
odd sheep Base Lambs, 6s.a9c. II Cows an
Calves up, selling from $50 to 500 per head
State of the market fair for both Cattle and SheeI