Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-26

| sugar - - ~ ~
| Herring. Eastern per bbl.. Or 2 q 30
Potomac No 1........... $50 275
Potomac family roe..... 90 / -
DO. half barrel. .......... 1 30 : -
PotomBc Shad ............ % 10 on
Mackc rel. small. per bbl..... ~ 90 is 90
No 3 medium............ IL Oo Il 10 90
No. 3 large tat............ 8 90 II 90
| No. 2....... ............... 10 w 10 VO
Prizes for leading articles in the whole.
sale commercial markets during the plat
week have been vely well sustained except
for Wheat which advanced but dropped
back to opening figures. Business Is Ii
said to be steadily improving. Flour is
steady. Wheat brings from is for common
to 80 for prime lancaster Corn-old % to
So, new As to 81. Rye 1S to 53. Oats 33
81. latter in car load lots. Eggs and other
Country Produce are active and wanted.
Provisions and Groceries are iirmer. Milteed
is quiet Hay and Straw are dull.
BALTIMORE. Oct. 26-Flour dull and un-
changed. Wheat dull aud firmer; No red
spot 54asa54b; Oct 54t.a54ia; Dec 30 Ia
55as; May 6Oa604i steamer No red 81 =
bid milling wheat by sample 90. Corn dull ;
mixed Nov So asked year 50a50Il; Jan
50a5O1s; southern white corn 51a56: do.
yellow 54a55. Oats quiet and steady; No >
white Western 34l, asked; No miTed do.
81. asked Rye inactive; No 52l2a53.
Hay quiet and steady GOOD to choice timothy
$12 90 to $12 80. Provisions unchanged.
Coffee firm ; No Z 147sa15. Sugar steady
granulated SAT-.
New YORK, Oct. 26.-Flour-Statc and
Western dull and easy; Southern dull and
easy common to fair extra So 10a3 90 ;
good to choice do So 10a3 so. Rye Flour
quiet and steady; supcrfinc 50 60a2 30.
! Wheat-No 2 red 1ic up; dull an firm; Dee
| 561s. Rye nominal Western 4Sa51 Corn
No . dull and frmer: Dec SIG Oats
No = moderately active and firm; Dec 323s ::
MAY SO; No = white Dec 36ti; State 35a
So: Western 32a3S. Pork dull and steady /;
mess S13 10 to S15 So extra prime $l4 co.
Lard quiet and steady steam rendered 81 30.
CHICAGO, Oct. -Wheat-Dec 525s !;
Nav 573sa57la. Corn-Dec 1875; May
49Aa497s. Oats-Nov Is; May 31lss Pork
OFT SD 10; Jan $11 1881 77is. Lard
Oct SO 90; Jan S6 77ib. Ribs-Oct Sc 30;
Jan So 92laa$5 90.
RICHMOND MARKET. Oct. 2G.-Therc
is slightly frmer feeling in the market this
week, but the advance is light while the Of
ferings of grain continue limited. We quote
Flour 50 00a3 So for fine to patent family
brands: Wheat 50a54: Corn 55a57 Rye
50a52 Oats 34a4O
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET, Oct 90
There is little doing in the market and pric )
remained unchanged We quote: Flour
50 90 a3 S5 for fine to patent roller; Wheat
49a52 Corn 53a55; Rye 42a45 Oats Boa
SO; Eggs 15a16 Butter 15a20.
SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET. Oct %
Refined Sugars-Tbe quotations are rs fol-
lows: Cut loaf 5 Slice: Standard powdered
DC; cubes SC; granulated 42,c; fine granulst-
cd 4;sc; Confectioners A 4 &c; Diamond
A &c; Columbia A 4 7-16 cents per h.
There was only limited demand at steady
prices.
CoFFEE.-The market closed frmcr, with
the quotations as follows: 147sa15c per
pound for No. Rio Mild cofees were quiet
and steady.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Oct. %
Beef Cattle.-The market for beeves has been
Values were generally easier than they were
last week, tops being shade off and the me.
dunn and common cattle 15 to 25c lower.
There was fair offering of prime cattle, most
of which were taken by our home butchers.
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged AS
follows:
Best ......................... ......... Az ~
Generally rated first quality. 37s As
Medium or good fair quality. 2l4 3ls
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen
and COWS. "a
OF the Cattle received 2129 came from Viz
ginia
Mich Cows.-The market for cows is dull
and prices unchanged since last week. Prices
$50 to $40 per head, and few extra at SD
per head.
Veal Calves.-The market is slow for veas
as we'll rs grassers. The former sell at - ia
5lac per lb, and the latter at S2.5Oa5 %
per head.
Sheep and I.amb'-The market for sheep
and lambs is qnite dull generally, a fair trade
being only reported for good sheep and lambs
Th-re is falling oil in the receipts of about
1,S00 head, as compared with last Week.
Sheep are quoted at 1laa2aic per lb. Lambs
2a33sc per Id gross, and few extra II. Age
per lib gross.
Swine.-Trade is slow and values are off
25c per 100 lbs from those ruling early in
the week Heavy hogs are very hard to sell.
Good to prime Western hogs S5a5.2 5, near
by hogs So 5Oa5 per 100 lbs gross. Roughs
1915 per 100 lbs gross.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. Oct. %
Good to choice cattle were in good request
and showed an advancing tendency. Export
ers were unable to find enough cattle suitable
to fiji their orders. Sales OF natives were on
a basis Of $2.75.G ID for dressed becvcs and
shipping steers; and feeders at S2a3 %.
Westerns were firm at 81 50,450. Texans
were strong at 81. 50a3 % for poor to choice.
The close was firm. Hogs were 5a10c lower.
From 81 80 to 81 60 bought the great bulk.
Light weights sod largely at S4.35a4 30.
aud $4.50a4 65 took most of the medium and
heavy. There was moderate demand for
sheep and the feeling was firm at 81. 5Oa3 for
good and 81 SOAP for common to fair. Poor
were not sought for a. 75caS1.25. The
lamb market was frm at 1.5oa4 for poor to
extra.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. Oct. 20
none; no trading; no e1-
ports to-day. Calves-market steady; poor
to prime veals S5a7 % per 100 lbs; grassers
% 400 0E nar 90 Lbs WaSfarp 20 VOC 81 40