The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-18
domestic Markets.
(By Teleeraph.}

DECEMBER IT. 1885
NEW YCRK-The Flour marKot receipts
Is, 800 packags; exports 1852 bbls, and 20, 1855
sacks; sales $500 packagesi unchanged, ane
rlour; quolanons-winter wheat low grades
do patents 90S5 %. Minnesota clear at DC
e. 90: do straight at 00a4 so: do patents
at 2595 05 low extras 2 208s 80; CITY Mills
extra at 00ab 90; city mills patents ios g
90 80. nne at SO13 05. southern nouE
dull steady. common to fair extra 3 o6@3 80;
good to choice do 8 6093 80. Rye hour qulet
Wbeat-recelpls 1929 bush; exports 1852 sic
bush; sales $751; 900 bush; dull, tirmer with op-
ons; No Red . o 3Sc: No Northern S9A
Colu-receIpts $3.50 bush: exports TO- 12
bush: sales TO, 900 bush; easier, less active No2
at 2Ss4c in eiey; 29M arloat. Oats-recelpte
10o,8o0 bush. exports 7S,7 TOP bus sales 100.
600 bush; No = at 219s @21Mc: White 90 at
25tac: No Chicago 22M G: no y az zoi white
and White State 23@30c. Beef firm; family at
80 50Y1O 90: extra. mess at oUaS 90; beef
hams firm at II 6O9S 90: tierced Deef slow,
steady: city extra India mess at $131Sl4; cut
meats firm pickle bellies 12fbs at DC: do shout
ders 4 do hams at 8t9SsA. Lard quiet, weak
Western steam closed at l21si city 70; re-
fined dull. Continent 40; 5 "A 20; compound
4s.@4ac. Provisions-Pork easy. quiet; new
mess 25Q1s rs. Butter-fancy firm; receipts
light: prices UNCHANGED State dairY at II
@l9c: do crm 14a20c: Western dairy S@13c;
40 CHI al l486ls 10 ldCtOEy Ut tk01%Gt 1i6ihS
at 2lc. Cheese in moderate demand, steady
state large 71A@l01a do small at " QlONc.
Peroleum weaker. united 97c. Cofee-Ri0 dull,
nominal. Sugar-raw uull, steady;refned quiet
No No a. $500 No 10 !. sid; No Il at SIC;
No ~ at 5 THO: NO Is 81 3asc: of A at 4g
4Ac; Mould A Ass standard A ct 4ssc tConfee
tieneTs A1se; cnt ioai 9 crushed r,,h &C. DOW
Frcights to Liverpool quiet grain by steam
sad.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
steady, quiet; hard wheat spring patents at
4 20u@4 60 in wood; hard wheat bakers at oO
as 50 In sacks winter wheat a. soG4 ~ NJ n
Red S8l4 eS9asc; Corn-NO 2 at 22s 9. Oats
No 2 at I714@l7ss. No rye S6tg No Bar
10y 35@S6c. No Flaxseed 73@76Rac; Mess
sides at sossc5. Dry sailed mests-shoui-
ders 25a4 80: short clear sides 0Og4 l2s.
keceipts-Flour. 500 hbls; wheat "a. 800
bush: corn. 1876. 900 bush, oats. $4,000 bush'
rye. II, 700 bush barley. 81 800 nush. 49,.
Bhipments-Flour 1000 obls; wheat 2S,zOa
rye.o00 bush: barley $1,000 bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged, firm; patents at 6oa4 70; extra
fancy at iO@4 20; fancy 4O@3 90; choice
at OOQ3 10. Wheat higher; Dee 80Mc. Corn
easier, Dec at 2Oszc. oats lower, Dec 1sAac.
Pork-standard mess, new 90. old 7k. Lard
prime steam $ 721a choice at 824s. Bacon
shoulders at 4 b5 extra short clear Asa; clear
ribs 10; clear sides 4N. Dry sailed meats
shoulders 90; extra short clear Al 37s; clear
ribs at IA :-clear sides As.
Receiprs-Flour $500 bbls: wheat 1920
bush; corn lie, 300 bushl oats n, 600 busn frye
bush.
Shipments $500 bbls; wheat %. 600
bush; corn $4,000 bush; oats 1900 bush; rye
bush
DETROIT.Wheat-Ne 2 Red at 9114c; mol
White e0N. Connie 2 at 2O1hc. 0ats-No
White 2Ouc. Ryc-No 2 at 81.