Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-08-27
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

NEW roBk, august ZI-lne STOCK MARKET
opened this morning it'll considerable animation
and quite strong, fist prices being from 4 to %
per cent higher than last evenings prices The
market soon subsidized into dullness however
though some stocks scored further fractional adj
vances The msrket then settled away, and be-
fore the end of the hour most of the list were
slightly below the opening prices. There was
well distributed business among the few leading
stocks. The trading developed no special feature
of interest, and at IL o'clock the market WAS dull
and rather heavy at to opening figures.
Money easy at 5a612.
baltimore, Aug. 27.-Virgnias consolidated
81 bid: past.due couron -: 10.40s SO bid
do 3s 67a69
ALEXANDRIA MARKET. August 27.-There ia
no change in Flour. Wheat is firm but not quo
tably higher; the quality of the offerings contn-
ues extremely poor we quote at from 90 to 81,
the latter for good cid. Corn is dull, with u-
crossing receipts; sales at 43a45. Rye is steady
st 3Sa47 Oats are heavy at 22a29. Country
p! oduce is in good demand.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 27.-rotton quiet and firm
Iniddling 11ha Flour fairly active and steady
Wheat-Southern irregular and higher; Fultz 10
ass loneberry 76as6; No 79s794 y ; steamer
20 \, Western steady No ? winter red spot 1893,
a797s; Aug z9aa797s; Sept sO1asSOA; Oct
81 IL; Dec 84ihaS4ft.. Corn-southern steady
white 42s44; yellow 42a439b: Western quiet
mixed spot Aug and Sept 40lba40D.. Oats active
and steady; Southern and Peuna 22a27; West.
ern white 25a27 do mix,d 23A25. Rye nomi
nal st 5o451; Hay dull prime to choice timothy
S13 0Oal4 OO. Provisions weak. Mess Pork
SD so. Observation-Disclosures 51bc; long
clear clear rib sides and sugar picked shoulders
Ga, sugar-cured smoked shoulders IA hams
13Aa13lb Lard-refned Z y Butter firm for
high grad s; Western packed 1os13; creamery
17a1S Eggs firm at 17lhs1S Coffee firm Rio
cargoes fair 1SAa1Si9. Sugar quiet and demand
light: A soft ga Whisky unchanged
NEW YORK, Aug 27-Cotton steady apands
II u; Orleans 11a4; futures steady: Flour easy
Wheat steady and higher. Corn quiet and lower
Pork dull at $11s11 so. Lard quiet at Sc 371b.
CHICAGO, August 27-11 a. m -Wheat-sept
TIA; Dec 1915. Corn-sept 333sa34. Oats
Sept 1875 Poik-sept 50 80. Lard-Sept So 92la
Short rits-sept 81 75a4 77la.
BALTIMORE Aug. 90 -Hogs-The receipts are
nearly 9, 600 head less than the number recorded
last week, but they seem to be enough for the
slow demand The quality is not as good as it
was last Monday, as there is mu larger pro-
portion OF gras;ers among them. Values show DO
CuauPt Iue uuuiJsE sOIu MI luo Top uuOjdIiOH is
much less than it WAS last Monday. We quote the
range from Sic for rough to CSC per ID net for
good light Western cornfed hogs, good heavy
Hogs selling at 6lsc por ID net Receipts this
week 5.093 head.
Receipts of Sheep SIT head. with sales at 3laa
44.c. and Lambs at from 3a5 lac per Id.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Aug 26-Beeves
market dull and weak for common and inferior;
irmer for good and prime steers; native steers
sold at So 25a4 S5; Colorado do. at So 65a3 rs
Texas do. at S3; native bulls and dry cows at S2a
2 IS per 100 lbs. Calves-veals higher at S5a
+ rs, and steady for buttermik Calves at So 5Oa
So per 100 lbs. Sheep end Lambs-market dull
and lac lower for both Sheep sold at 50 3Os4 So,
and Lambs at So 5Oa6 rs per 100 lbs Hogs
market steady for live Hogs at 81 40a4 So per
100 lbs.
GEoReETowN CATTLE MARKET. Aug. 26-Peef
Cattle were offered and sold as follows: best 37sa
IA; good 3sss3s4c; medium 3a3l ac common
2s3 sol Sheep and Lambs were offered
and sold; Sheep 21aa44a Lambs 4 laa6 lbc. Calves |
a51ac. 10 Cows and Calves brought $20a45
Market brisk. |