Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-05


Potomac No. 1.......... 30 %
Potomac family roe...... 20 300
Do. half barrel........ % -
Potomac Shad ................ > W 1000
Mackere small, per bbl..... 40 % II w
No 3 medium. IA 90 u - 90
Ma. 3 large fat....... is 90 a Is 90
No. 2.......... Is 90 4 20 90
Plaster ground. per TOM. 4 70 800
Ground in bags. 80 a $50
Lump. ....... ........ $50 $50
Clover Seed s so 900
Timothy 225 4 , %
Old process Linsecd Meal. 81 90 q b 90
SaltLG, A.......... 070 $50
Fine ....... 10 30
Turks Island............ L 20 ~
The markets are very quiet and easy, due
mainly 10 til. uns titled condition of the
stock exchanges in the money centres. Flour
is tame and the movement is light at current
figures. Wheat is weak sales at 7Oa15i
Corn 52a54 Rye 56a61 Oats 37a41. There
is no change in Butter, Eggs or other produce
to-day. Slillfced is lower. Hay firm. Straw
and cottonseed feed are dull. Fresh Fish are
arriving more freely and prices are declining
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strong; No 2 red spot and May T6a16: June
77a77i July 77la77i; steamer No 2 red
72a72t milling wheat by sample 15aII.
Corn strong; mixed spot and May 5Oa5Os
July 51ta51i steamer mixed 49a49t white
and yellow corn by sample 53. Oats firm
No . white Western 41a42 No 2 mixed do
35!a36. Rye inactive No 62a62i. Hay
fair demand good to choice timothy Sl5 W
| IN S1H lO Professionalism
CHICAGO, May 5.-Wheat-May T2!; July
7 Z; Sept 1874 Corn-May 44i July 4jt
S,rt 46i. Oats-May 32s; July 81 Sept
%. Pork-May $40 90; Sept $40 10;
Lard-May $40 35; July $40 80; Sept
$40 10 Ribs-May 50 50; July $40 10;
Sept so III.
New YORK, May 5.-Flour moderate de.
mand and tirm. Wheat faily active and firm.
Corn stronger and fairly active. Pork firm
and quiet: mess $40 rs to $50 %. Lard
quiet and firm; steam $40 60.
RICHMOND MARKET, May 4.-The offerings
continue light, the market remains quiet and
prices are generally unchanged. We quote:
Flour 50 50a4 rs for fine to patent family
brands: Wheat 70a76; Corn 50a52; Rye
OOa6o; OatS ooaoS.
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET, May 4.-The
market is dull with light transactions and no
change in prices. We quote: Flour " 5Va
4 80 for fine to patent roller: Wheat 7OAI4 !;
Corn 46a4S: Rye 55a58; Oats 36a3S Butter
1922. Eggs 11a12.
SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET, May l.
Refined Sugars-The quotations are Is fol
lows: Standard powdered SIC; cubes 5sc ;
cut loaf SIC granulated she; fine graduated
she; Confectioners' A So; Diamond A 5ic;
Columbia A ST cents per ID. The market
closed strong at the advance during the week,
with tendency still higher on account oil hrhi'
er raw sugar.
CoFFEE.-The market closed dull with
loss of tc per lib during the week, the quota
tions being as follows: lie per pound for
fair Rio aud 15ic per pound for No. I gado
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, May A.
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged as fol-
| lows:
Best OF D;
Generally rated first quality. AZ %
Medium or good fair quality ............ "a 4;
Ordinary thin Steers. Oxen andCows. i "
Of the Cattle received So came from Sir'
GINA.
Beef Cattle-The market this week was
fairly active at the opening, and with prce'
in few instances a shade higher than last
week, but the improvement disappeared be-
fore the close, which was quite dull before the
wind up. The quality was fully up to that OF
last week. offerings.
Mich Cows-There is better feeling IN
the market for cows, and the quality not Is
De-, m ~
head.
Veal Calves-Tbe market is demoraized'
Prices 4ia5tc per ID, and few at the latter
figure. ~,
Sheep and Lambs-There is q very full Oh
fering of sheep and lambs this week, the mum.
Der reaching more than double that Of 1851
week. Their quality is falling Oft, there DE-
ing too many common sheep and lambs, es'
pecially of common and light spring iamD5'
Prices declined &c on wool and &c on clipper
sheep. Lambs are very dull and fully lie Oh
for common to fair ewes, and &c oil on COCA
ones. We quote wool sheep at 4a2sc, anu
clipped do BABE per Id gross. Fall lanio'
wool 5a6ic, and clipped 4:a53c. SprnS
lambs 7aSc per Id gross, a few extra SHADE
higher. -,
Swine.-The trade in hogs is very dull
with numbers left over unsold. Fair 10 be''
hogs sell at SI.5Oaf75 per 100 lbs zen
extra Westerns shade higher, and rough 9oA
ESQ per 100 lbs gross.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. May l.
Beeves-no trading. Calves-market =, "ss
steady; veals S4.50a625 per 100 lbs. sheep
and Lambs-market ruled steady. but , yalus1
were unchanged; Sheep So. SOa7 70, chP|pGgGG
lambs Sc. 12a6.37, unshorn do 81: 70 per Az,
lbs. Hogs-market easy at S74oa"'oP'
100 lbs.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET May Cat
tle-market active and steady; top Ptc$;
S575a6, medium $5a5; 25, Others 80 8
400, Texans $3.7Oa4.6o, native cows cows, 70
a4.25 per 100 lbs. Hogs-market clo5se
cents lower; common and mixed hogs 3l ;ac
40 packers and mixed s. 10at ~ PIN i'hb,
heavy and butchers weights 81 3aa ~ ''5 5-r
81. 25a7 80 skips and pigs S6'aoao.'SS s.
100 lbs sheep-market slow native. ai. 20.
$40. Westerns $6a6.25, Texans go
300 rer 100 lbs Lambs S5.75a'. 20 ~
100 lbs.
NAV = 1880