Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-24
MsRKET QU0TATIoNs.


Wilmington Man kets.
WILMINGTON, Dec. se.--Quoted by the William
Wheat, Longberry, new, % cents.
New corn. shelled, DOC.
Uats, t0e4bc. IN
s5.b2a6. IS; extras, $40a5.00; fancy table meal,
white. s27.00; yellow, $500; COARSE meal, s2SO0'
middlings, best, $3.50; best ship, sl7.bl; bran,
sl6 50; cntiins, Sil00 corn shorts, ID 10: ground
corn and oats, s23Oo; cracked corn, Sc o.; feed
BAY aud srrsw,uuotsd daily by ,Ionn IT, Mari;
Prime timothy. neled, slaW ser TON; icose'
El7.O0 per ton; mixed hay, sl4.O0a16.0J per Ton.
Straw. 5000 Per ton.
PhfladeIphIM mMRkeEs.
Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
PHuADsLPHtA. Dec. 2a-Flour. dull and
steady; straights, s4.62a5.
Wheat, dull; No. western red, s7Hc.
Corn, quiet and steady; steamer, 45a46c.;
sail yellow and mixed, 4sXs4sc.; No. 3, AN
oats, steady with moderate demand; No. g
white, s9a39hc; No. do, SSa8sAc; rejected,
36kaS7kc.
ders, 4a4hc.; salt shoulders, 41Ga4Ac.
Butter, firm for fancy goods; Bradford county
| and New York extras, 22.
Eggs, firm for fresh.
Cheese, quiet and steady Ohio fair to prime,
| 75Sa9c.; Pennsylvania full skins, 2a3hc.
Petroleum, dull.
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PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2s-noon-st Stocks, feyerish;
| Philadelphia d Erie, =; Reading, :; Pennsyl-
vania, 53& Lefbgh Valley, 81; United Com
nanies OF New Jersey. 207: Northern Ptcric,
L3sigh Navigation, w Norrtstown. :; Central
Transportatis n, 80 B1fralo, New York q Phil
adelphia, 81; Little schuyikin. hbH.
Cattle Markets.
WEST PHILADELPHIA STOCK YARDS. Dec 2l.-
Cattle market slow; receipts 300; prime, ~
ass; good, 4ha5Ac.; medium, 3hatAc; COM
sheep market dun; receipts, 1900; prime dnn9
mon, 1ka2kc.; lambs, s1Sa6kc. oOo ,,,.
| Hog4, market dull; receipts, 5000 selling
BALTIMORE. Dec. s1.-Beef Cattle = best
beeves, 5Sa5Ac. first quality, 4a5c.; medium
2Kasxc.; ordinary. 1Has%c.; most Of the sales
were from sss5 70 g per 100 pounds receipts as
| demand receipts, 5,60i head; quotations
| 4sla5Hc. The receipts of sheep and lambs wer'
4 1873 head. Quotations. sheep, saic. lambs
CHIcAao, nec el.-Cattle- Receipts, (, 800 head
shipments. LOO head; market active and ioslse
higher shipping steers s@S9aSsS s sosa y
through Texas steers, Sc 9Oa33 80; COWS g. 5Oa3 %
| Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; shipments, $50
head market dull and 6aiOc. lower; rough a an "
. | $50: light, $3.10a365. Sheep-receipts, o,ou
, head shipments, 800 head; market weak an
CSC. lower natives sesS 70; WESTERN ~ ~
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Nav YORK, Dec 21.-Beeves-Re Receipts, IL
| car loads or $500 head; So car loads for 81
portation 90 car loads for city trade slaughtere!
| direct and III car loads for the market; middl
| grades were about l0c. higher, and the mark
closed fairly firm, with a good clearance; pot
0 | to prime steers sold at s335ab.e5; extra an
: fancy do, at So 90a630, and Christmas steers
8 f675a7 75, outside for single steer that weghe
5000 pounds;exports to-day, 800 head cattle an
$500 Quarters Of beef; for the week, 5a5 hea
! | beeves, rs head sheep, 7,l75 quarters OF De
and 329 carcasses mutton. Sheep-Recelpts.
car loads or $500 head; no Improvement In q
a features Of the trade; poor to extra shes p had
d slow sale at 2ka5hc. per pound; poor
W prime lambs at 4za6Ac.ia car ioaa o. yesL !l
y at 500 Hogs-Receipts, 14,SeO head; d.
q and nearly nominal for live hegs at SSSoaf.
Va per 100 pounds. ~,
FAST LIBERTY, Pa, Dec, gi.-Cattle- Receipl
1857 head; shipments, !, 7a3 head, market acu
70 and 10 10 ibc. higher than last week ~ Ga
ef were shipped TO New York the past 4S houi
or Hogs-Receipts, $500 head, shipments ~,
y. head market, slow: Philadelphias, ss.sa