Connecticut western news., 1889-10-02
Weekly Commercial Review.
BOsTON. Sept. 3O. 1SS9.

There has been decided advance in wheat, amounting to 2 1-2c on October options and still more on the later months. It is thought that the market has touched bottom, for the present at least, and that the outlook is good for stronger market in the future.
 The demand for hard spring wheat by very large, and there are undoubtedly heavy sales of this nature that arc not reported in the open market.
 Flour is very firm, and some milers are asking higher prices. Dealers are selling says this is the first time for twenty-five years that there has been no profit for the miller. Some millers have been selling flour at prices lower than the market price of wheat would warrant, in an effort, apparently, to bear the market. Stocks here are very small, and the advance has caught the jobbers to some ex- tent, and there is an eager inquiry for small lots of choice flour at former quotations. There has been more flour sold during the past week than for long time, though generally in small or moderate-sized lots.
 Cornmeal is quiet, but steady, with fair demand at unchanged quotations. Oatmeal is dull, with little demand.
 Corn is very dull and weak. Offerings are liberal. There seems to be no corn wanted. For the week the total receipts of corn here were 174 40 bus. last year, 288 ,54O. The market for oats is quiet. This is espec- ially true of futures, which have ruled quiet all the week. The sales for the week were IS cars; previous week, no cars: last year, IS cars.
 Hay is firmer, with 3 good demand for choice, which sells readily. New hay is quiet and not much wanted. The quality of the re- ceipts is fair. Straw is steady for oat and quiet for rye. Millfeed is very quiet, with prices about steady.
 The market for pork provisions is very firm, and a good trade is reported both for local consumption and for export. Trade is we'll distributed over the whole list. Lard is somewhat frmer, though prices cannot be advanced. The number of hogs killed for the week has been 23,5OO; previous week, 23,5OO; last year, 23, 400. The demand for export has also been remarkably good, the total for the week being about $140OOO worth; previous week, $133 ,OO0; same week year ago, $135, ,OOO.
 Fresh beef has been in good supply, but un- | favorable weather and very dull trade has made the weeks work an unsatisfactory one The total receipts for the week were 162 cars, or 12O cars for Boston and 42 cars for export.
 Muttons and lambs have been in full sup ply and with a dull market. The result has been decline in prices. Veals are also in full supply and easy in price. Choice lots of poultry are in good demand. There has been a much irmer market for butter during the past week, and sales of | choice have been freely made at full quota | tions. Held butter has been in good demand, | also the advance in choice fresh, increasing the demand for icehouse stock. For the week the total receipts were 21, ,1S2 pks. last year, 19, $40 pks.
 A decided advance has also been made in cheese, and the market closes very firm. l For the week the receipts of cheese were | 7131 bxs.; last year, S751 bxs. | For strictly fresh eggs there is very firm market and quick demand. Lower grades | and held stock are dull and sell slowly, though l the firmer tone to the market for fresh eggs has caused little more inquiry for icehouse | stock. The receipts for the week were 37 | bbls. and Il ,26S cs.; last year, 68 bbls. and | 99OO cs.
 | There is quiet trade in beans, at steady prices. The receipts for the week were 435 bbls.
 The receipts of potatoes for the past day or two have been very heavy, especially from the west. Large shipments from Michigan | and Minnesota for this market are now ar- | irving, or are on the way. Reports from Prince Edward Island show fair crop of good potatoes. The feeling is considerably | easier and prices are lower. | The total receipts of Irish potatoes for the week were 99 cars; last year, GA cars. | Apples are quiet. Arrivals are free, but | mostly of fall fruit. Some winter fruit has arrived, but has been shipped, and has not
 come upon the market. The receipts for the | week were 9275 bbls.
 The supply of oranges is limited, though some Jamaicas are now to be had at $3@$4 per box.
 Grapes have been in limited supply, but the demand is only moderate.
 Gloucester reports the result of the mack erel fishing of the week as light, and the trade are still very short of stock and
 prices firm. The receipts of cod and other
 fish have been light. The catch will not be more than two-thirds that of last year. The appearance of herring and pollock along the coast indicates an early opening of the fall and winter fisheries, and the haddock and frozen herring fleets will soon be filling away. I There is a firm market and good demand | for all kinds of fish. and joDbers have all they arrivals, bringing 1,O5O, ,000 pounds codtish, 2,OOO, ,OOO pounds fresh halibut, 9 ,0OO pounds haddock, 13, 900 pounds pollock, 19 ,OOO pounds cusk and 37 ,O00 pounds hake.