Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-08

ings. There is 20 change to note in quota
tions Since tho decline OF few days since.
| Country Produce is firm and in fair demand
BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. S.-Flour dull;
western super So 70a3 10; do extra So 35
al 10; do family 81 5Oa4 rs; winter wheat
ratents 81 90a5 10. Wheat steady at de.
cline No red spot and month o6lba96a. :;
Dec 9Ta974 May 95 asked steamer No 2
red 9fa91A; southern wheat by sample Goa
81; do on grade 911ha96H. Corn firmor
spot and month 311Aa31aa Dec 32a32k !;
Nov or Dec, new or old, 31asa315s; Jan
32a3214 steamer mixed 29ba29% south
en white corn 30a34 do yellow 31laa32ls
Oats steady; No 2 white Western 27a27b;
No mixed 23a231e. Rye activ, and high.
bid. Hay ateady choice timothy S13 %
asked. Sugar strong graduated So O6.
CHICAGO, Nov 8.-Wheat opened weak at
from 921b to % for December. December
sold at 93A Immediately after the opening,
then declined to 92as and rallied to OPS
| Corn was slow but steady; December opened
| 44c lower at 267a and was fairly we'll sup
ported at 257sa26. Oats were quiet and
easy; December opened shade lower at 1851
and declined to 1913. December Pork open.
ell sc higher at ST 621h advanced to ST 70,
and reacted to 81 65. December Lard orcn
ed 2lkc higher at Sd 27h. advanced to
| 81 80 and reacted to 81 271b. December
Rbs unchanged at 81 As,
NEW YoHK, Nov. 6-Flour-state and
Western weak and lower to sell. Rye -four
| dull; fancy 50 90a3 so. Wheat-options
| opened weak and declined under bearish ca.
blas, better Argentice crop news and big
visible supply May 931ss93ss. Bye quiet;
No 2 Western AZ. Conceptions opened
firm on small receipts and hold steady Dec
311sa314. Oats-options opened dull bat
steady; tra"k white 26a3i. Beef quiet
Pork dull mess So 50a9 20. Lard steadior;
prime Western steam 81 62lh nominal.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET, Nov. c.
Cattle.-Ttere was the usual scarcity of offer.
iugs which characterizes the cattle market on
| Saturdays quotations ruled as follows: Good
to extra beeves $4.60a5 %, medium grades
81 16a4.45, stockers and feeders 50. GOA
so. calves $6. 25a7, bulls. COWS and heifers
Sad, Texas steers $3.4Oa3. 90, Westerns
| S3.4Oa425. Hogs.-Trade in hogs was &C.
tive, prices ruling about sc higher sales we're
at an extreme range of So 3Oa3 rs for the
poorest to the best dyoyes of hogs the bulk OF
ene onerlngs sellDg at $3 .oOa3. 10 (; pigs sod
chiefly at $3.35a3.65. Sheep-Light re.
ceipts of sheep and lambs we're easily dispos-
cd Of Sheep sold at So 5Oa4 so for natives
and at $3s42.5 for range flocks, while lambs
found buyers at $4a5.75, few going over
$3.50.
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET. Nov 6.
Beef Cattle were in fair demaud and closed
easier. The quotations were es follows !;
Extra 49sa51 sc, good 45sa4aAc, medium ass
a4Ic, common 41sa4Eac per lb. Sheep were
moderately active, but with lighter receipts,
h Id finn The quotations were as follows ::
Extra 4isa4a4c, good 4a4Ac, medium 31an
3Ac, common 23aa3Ac perIb Lambs 4lsa
5hc pr ID. Hogs were weaker at 51aa524c
for best Western, and 5a51ac per ID for
other grades Fat COWS were fairly active
at 2laa31bc per ID. Thin Cows were un-
changed at SIS to $15 per head. Veal calves
were easier at 41ba7c per lb. Mich COWS
were in moderate demand at $20a45 per
head. Dressed beeves sold at 6aS14c per ib.