Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-17

Cotton Seed Meal 2275 q % so
There is hrmer TONE but no advance has yel
been reported in Flour; we note an improved de-
mand, mainly from jobbiDg sources. Wheat IL
steady and active; choice samples cell readily at
from 81 to 1903; other sorts at 75s97 as to COZ.
dition. Corn, old 5Sa60; new 50a56, but little
new has been received 80 far this season. and 1t Is
very green and damp. Bye 60a72 Oats are
again excited and higher at 47s50 Eggs 22a28.
Apples 50 5Oa4 so for Virginia and Maryland /;
Northern fruit $4a5. Potatoes and produce gen.
orally are wanted at quotations.
BALTIMORE Oct. 17.-Cotton steady middling
10A. Flour quiet but firm Wheat.southern
firm; Fultz 95a1O3; longberry 9Sa1031R; No 2
1O11 il No red SO; Western Armer; No 2 win
ter red spot and Oct 10O1ha1OOA Dec 103laa
1O3sa Msy 110a11O4. Corn-Southern nomi
nal; white 5sa59 yellow Sass; Western strong;
mixed spot and Oct Sc bid; yssr 55 bid; May
and Pennsylvania 45a4e; do Western white Al
a49 do mixed 46a47 graded No white 49 do
mixed At. Bye steady; choice to fancy 76a77 /;
good to prime 73a7o common to fair 6os7O. Hay
steady choice timothy $11 so; good to prime
$10a10 so. Provisions active. Sugar STEADY;
granulatsd 67s.
CHICAGO. Oct. 17-11:30 a. m.-Wheat-Dec
| 1O4las1O4A May 1882 bid. Corn-Nov 81 "
May 53la. Oats-May 451h Mess Pork-Jan
S11 3d. May SIP so. Lsrd-Jsu $6 30; May
So 90 aa6 So. Short 1ibs-Jan IS 70i5 1915;
May Sc 171b.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Cotton quiet; uplands
10E Orleans 10 7-16; futures essy. Flour
quiet and steady. Wheat active and strong. Corn
$11 5oa12 %. Lard quiet and steady at $6 42lAA.
RICHMOND MAEKET. Oct. 16.-Flour is easy at
So 50s6 so for fine to patent roller. Offerings OF
$500 bushels of Wheat, with sales OF 1000 bush
els at 90a105; 1850 bushels of Corn were offered.
but only 5S bushels were sold at So. No sales of
Bye or Oats reported.
LYNcaBURa MARKET, Oct. 16.-There has
been but little activity in the markets this week.
and we quote: Flour So 5oA6 80 for aue to fancy
IA uily; Wheat S5s105 Corn 56a6O; Bye 60a7O,
and Oats 35a45, the latter for winter.
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET, Oct 16-The mar
kets are quiet, and we quote: Fleur So 50a6 SO
for fine to patent roller Whest S5s1O5, the latter
for choice; Corn $780, and Oats 4Oa42
SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET. Oct. 16-Re-
fined Sugars-Hards: Cut.loaf 5-16 cubes 7
powdered 71s; graduated SIS. Softs: Mould
z; Diamond A 7; confectionery A 6&s Colum-
bis 7-16c. Tho market in quiet and steady,
Coffee-The market for Bio invoices has con.
tinued steady at 201hc for fair Bio, and 19c per
lb for No. grade, fat bean, with sales Of 1900
bags within quotations.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. Oct 16-Prces
of Beef Cattle this week ranged as follows:
Best. 800. ..................$4 371a 4 so
Generally rated first quality. 70 a 12R
Medium or good fair quality. 90 81 90
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
The market was stronger than last week and
there was en- Improvement in values all through
of &c for the better grades and Ac for medium
and common
Mich Cow There is a good demand for good
Cows at $45a5o per head; common stock un-
changed
Veal Calves-Tlade fsir at 4a6c per h.
Sheep and Lambs-There is little more activ-
ity in the market than last week. Butchers
Sheep 31hs5c and Lambs 4lha6o per ID gross
Stock Sheep $2a3 80 per head.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. Oct. 16.-Beeves
mo trading. Calves steady veals seas and
eraser Calves So 25a2 so per 100 lbs. Sheep
and Lambs-market firm Sheep $4a5 %; Lambs
So 50a8 81 per 100 lbs Hogs-msrket steady
for live Hogs at 81 70a4 90 per 100 lbs.
CHICAGO, Oct 49, Cattle-market steady; ma
tives $3s5 %; Texas steers So 3Oa3 35; Texas
Cows 81 40a2 10 per 100 lbs; rangers So TO-
Hogs steady; packers and mixed So 75a4 Id !;
prime heavy and butchers weights Sad so; light
$4a4 rs. Sheep-market steady; natives $4a
4 So Westerns So 40a4 As; Texans 81 1Oa4 60
Iambs So 50a6 per 100 lbs