Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-08-13

Flour is qnict, but steady, and stocks in first
hands arc well assorted sales arc mainly i'll job
lots To local dealers who arc buying TO supply
current needs. Wheat il fairly active at IN adj.
vance for prime AIDES, while damaged anh infn-
rior lots here, as elsewhere, continue dull and
|spiritlcss; tho offerings on Change TO day were
|slnall and sales were made at So to 81 for far
Ito good Fultz and mixed, prime being sold,
land Gi1 to rs for tough, gsrlirky and common
[lot. Corn Rye and Oats are steady. Produce is
3c,sy and lower OIL account OF the very warm
weather and heavy rec 'pts Of melons aud small
Fruits.
BALTIMORE, August 13.-Virsina Is cnnsoli
lated :: past duo coupons % +; lo-ao5 III no
new - 90 H. Cotton firm ahd quiet; middllng
IIha95s Flour quiet and nominally sn;iiy
Howard street and Western super - 3oa. ~ ;
10 extra S., OOa:, Go; do family So I3a1 80 !:
ity Mills super 81 5Oa:i 90: do extra So 2oa
90 do Rio brands 81 hoai 90; Patapsro fam
Ills 50 10 ; do supcrlativo patent 50 30. Wheat
Southern frmcr; Western higher, closing firm
Southern red S5as7 do amber S6aS9; No Ma
rylaud ST hid; No 2 Western winter red spot
So. aS6; Aug e5lnaS5ai; Sept S1"saS5'si; ort
S6ii, bid Corn Southern nominally sles!y
Western higher and firm; Southern white h2s3o:
do yellow 5Oa52 Western mixed spot i3'ssaho.4;
Oats steady and fairly active; Southern 26a3o
Western white 32a35: do mixed 3oa'2; icnn''
oGs35. Rye nominaly 52a55. Hay easy and dull;
primo to choice Western $11all. PROVISIONS
uuiet aud steady. Mess Pork Sli 23all -,
Bulk mcats-shouldcrs and clear rib sides packoa
6a,sTIb. Observation-Disclosures Sa9; clear rib sides
81. hams l3 lba14. Lard-rcned I'a. Butter
firm Western packed 1Oa15; creamr'y lha2l
Fpys steady aud dull at 11a11i2 y. Coffee firm
Rio cargoes ordinary to fair 9a9tl. Sugar finn
A soft 6. Whiskey nominally steady AT 81 IL
nj 20.
NEW YORK, Aug 13.-Stocks dull and steady
Money easier at 1a1O Cotton dull; uplands
9 7-1f Orleans 95s futures opened easy. Flour
quiet and steady. Wheat lsat higher. Corn ga
J., better. Pork firm at $40 5Oa1O IS. LAID
firm ut 81 %.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-Sept Wheat II 11-1G. Sept
Corn 444. Sept Oats 2S'ts Sept Pork ~ 10
Sept Lard 81 %.
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET, Aug
12,-Sugars-A fair business is reported in raw
Sugars at tho Northern ports, and tho market is
steady, closing quiet. Wequote Fair to good re,
filming 11.16a47s; molasses Sugars 44a4 y
centrifugal, 9Go test, 11-1G For refined
Sugars tho market is steady at our quotations
say for cut loaf 63sc; cubes Gss powdered 6Ns
GRADUATED Gig; solts-mouds ~ Dicks confoc
TONERS Ga: Columbia 5asi confoctioners' 6
Cofee-The arrivals from Rio in the past week
were II 900 bags. The market for invoices is
firm, with better inquiry from dealers and 8
small advance in prices is established. The sales
from first hands are 5000 bags at slha9 lc per h.
The iobbing trade is improving. We quote Bic
invoices rs follows: Ordinary at Sc, fair at 9a
good at 1Oc, and prime at 1OAc per h. 80 days
RICHMOND MARKET, Aug. 12.-The market
continues inactive. Flour very quiet Offerings
| of about 600 bushels Of Wheat to-day with sale:
| at 7OsS5. according to quality. White Corr
brought So and Oats 35a42.
LYNcHBURa MARKET, Aug. 12.-The Flour
market is quiet, but prices are firm. Receipts o
Wheat light, with fair demand, tho quotation
he;ng firm at 8Oa90. Corn is in demand Mt 40
30 rive and Oats nominal. Receipts OF Tobacco
heavy. with better feeling for good grades, while
low and medium are dull.
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET. Aug. 1.-THE
market is quiet and prices unchanged; Flour
steady Whost quiet at 75aS5. Corn dull Rye
and Oats nominal.
| Cattle Markets.
B,Lr1MohE CATTLE MARKET Aug: l2-Bee
CaItle-At the opening of the market to dsJ
rrsde was slow, but became fairly active as II