Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-05-25
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

NEW YORK May 25.-Thc stock market open.
cd weak this morning with first prices generally
X to Il per cent. below last evenings final prices
In the carly trading there further small &c.
clines of u to 1, per cent, but the market
rallied and advances were made ranging from /
| to 2, per cent. Toward II o'clock there were
some slight reactions, and at that hour the mar
! ket was quiet and steady.
ALEXANDRIA MARKET. May 25 Flour is quiet
and while there is no pressure OH the part of
milers or wholesale dealers to SELL jobbcrs are
buying mainly to supply near wants. The Wheat
| markets arc steady for choice milling grades, but
fair and common lots are dull and easy, and fu-
lures arc still favorable to tho buyers. Corn is
lower. Ryo and Oats are firm. Eggs are higher
Other produce is without material change.
BALTIMORE. May 25-Virgnia Is consoli-
dated -; past due coupons 63l2; new So Clip ::
1O-4Os 1914. Cotton steady .middling 9I-a9 .
Flour dull and nominally steady. Wheat
Southern quiet: do Western lower and dull .
Southern red S:5aS6; do amber S7a9o; No >
Western winter red spot ~ /, bid, fresh June -
aS4ls; Aug SiAaSil,. Corn-Southcrn lower
| and quiet do Western lower and dull; Southern
| white 42a45 do yellow l2a45 Western mixed
| spot and May I5ai5ls June Az sab; July i5I
b. Oats easy and dull Southern ;'!'al3;
Western white 40ai2 do mixed 3Sa39 Pcnna
| 40ai2. Rye steady ut 73a1l. Provisions firm
Eggs easy at 12al2ls Sugar higher 4 soft o..
Whiskey steady at 81 19a12O Other articles
| unchanged.
NEW YORK May 25-Stocks dull and steady.
Money easy at 1i,a2la. Cotton easy upIan'ls
94; Orleans 7.l6 futures dull and steady.
Flour dull and declining Wheat lower. Corn
CT 5ul1 atS loo A NIL
weak at $40 Lard dull at ST ID.
CHICAGO, May 25-Junc Wheat 75l-a75l.
juno Corn 36Es; June Oats 27'Aa277-; June
Pork So ~ gas so; Juno Lard steady ut 50 3d.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. May 2i.-Beef
Cattlc.--Priccs OF Beef Cattle ranged rs follows:
Best 50 15a6 %; generally rated first quail
ity 50 5Oa5 62io medium or good fair quality
81 75a5 % ordinary thin Steers Oxen and Cows
81 bOa4 37l2. Extreme range of prices - 3,'a
6 90. Most of the sales were from 50 75a3 30
per 100 lbs. Total receipts for the week 1870
head. Total salcs for the week SOB head.
The market was scarcely as active rs last week
and prices of all through the list; tops show
decline Of L,c, and common grades L,aasc
and in some cases l,,c lower. There was a much
larger number OF medium and common Cattle and
fGwcr tops than last week.
Shccp-Thc offerings this week of Sheep and
Lambs are largely in excess Of Il very moderate
demand and prices arc oil fully &c. The quality
is about the SAME rs last week We quote Sheep
at 2i2ei;tc: Lambs at CARTE per ID gross. Ar
rivals this week G59I head.
Hogs-Thc offerings number about the same rs
last week, and the quality il somewhat better
The prices show no serious change, rather more
selling at the top quotations. owing TO the rather
better grade Of the Offerings. We quote AT Olga
SIC per lb net Arrivals this week 52o6 head.
MARINE NEWS.
lORT or ALEXANDRIA. MAY -. lS~6.
SIM rises .............i 10 Sun Ia