Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-25
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NEW YORK, February R-COtton frm; de-
msnd fair; middling uplands, l55Ec Flour
firm; demand fair; SIS GOg6 80 for shipping
| grades, extra. Wheat trm; demand fatri red
amber, 81 GOAL 50. Corn firm demand fair;
No. mixed, SS8S5c. whisky, 92e. Coffee
steady, with moderate demand; Rio, l31S@
l61zc. Sugar dull and a shade lower; Cuba,
/ 9g91Sc. MOlasses firm; demand fair; New
Orleans, 70672c Rice. Ts4@S14C
Dry G0Ods-Tbe demand for all staple gOOi
adopted to the season Is Increasing, althoug.-
| the market is not very active. Prices geneT-
ally rule steady and firm at 26e for "a Allen
dale sheeting; 3lc for l0-4; H1t0 for 9 LacO-
mia; &c for 10 4; SIC for Ia; lie Tor LaeO
MIA b; lOc Tor Indian Orchard BB; 91zc for "; ;
llo for Mystic River; ll1zc for Nashua E; l21<c
for Laconia brown drills; II15c for ROckpOTt
do; I4e for AmOskeag bleached; lO1zc for Mat
tawaukeag corset jeans; ll1ac for LacOnia;
I31zc for Pepperel hleached do; 26c for Amos
keag denims; l5c for Arlington blue; ll[c tor
Boston browns and blue; l0c for Farmers and
Mechanics DO; l9o for WOrkingmens; l51Sc
for Audroscogsin biesched muslins; SOC for
8-4 sheetings; S5c for 81 do; ll@l2c for Amer
lean stripes, and 300 for American bags. The
Atlantic DelRine Company have established
the following rates for their various grades Of
dress goods, viz: MRrl poplins, l5ci y inch
alpacas l7ci do lusters, 2lc; figured Oriental,
lSc; Royal BrOcades, 2Oo; Oriental Checks
2lc; Oriental Stripes, 25c.
WALL STREET.
NEW YORK, February C4-Gold opened
steady at illi<, and closed hrln at lll5Sglllz;
loans were made At 2g3 per cent; clearRnces,
So 900 & ,vernments dull, bot firm and
unchanged IN prices StOcks nave been very
strong all day and t0lerab y active, particu-
larly Lake EhOre and Wabash. Reading was
barely steady. New York Central and scrip
from Onion and Central Pacific bonds strong
and active. Market closed hrm. Money easy
at SF4 per cent. State bonds nominal; prices
weak; old Tenne5sees, 81; new 6i5s sterling
exchange, i09R. Government Dnnds-lS8ls,
ll45S; do 'd2s, u2H do 6is, lil5<; do '65s,
uIs{; DO, new, ll01z; do 'bIs, ll05<; do SIS,
lll5S; do lO40s, ILL., currency skies, llSZ
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, February 4.-Flour scarce
and in demand for export; superdue, So So;
Xxx, 81; Xxx. y 2597 50 Corn-White, 74e.
Oats, 72975e Bran, 81 209l 30. Hay-prime,
g2495. Mess pork, S23 %. Bacon dull at lOz
gL2149l23Sc; sugar-cured hams, l6549l7c. Lard
in tierces, l23Sgl81zc, steam rendered 70 re-
fined; in kegs, l4g l4tRo. sugar IN good de-
mand; good common, 797Hc; prime 91S9
$50. MolasseG-prime, 45952c. whisky dulli
Cincinnati rectfded 9Ocg9l Coffee prime,
l514ql55<. Cotton steady sales, 5000 bales
good ordinary, l25S9 9lEsc; low middlingi l317
@l35sc; middling, A7zgA3sc. Receipts, 7329
bales; exports, foreign, 1896. sales of the
week, $1,000 bales; receipts Of the week, net
5S S7S gross receipts, 60, ,4SO balesi exports, TO
Great Britain $500 bales 70 othsT foreign
ports, % 457 balesi cOastwtse, ll55 bales. stsr-
ling exchange, 2l7zi sight, = discount Gold,
- CINCINNATI.
OIEcrNEATI. February 24.-Cotton quiet and
unchanged. Flour and grain quiet and un7
changed. Provisions quiet and weak; mess
pork, S22; lard, I21{9l l21So; bulk meats, 7s49S
9l0349l05zci bacon, 91s9ll49ll5[. Whis-
ky declined 10 B5c.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. February 24-Flour firm; de-
tTas, il ssss 50. Whest higher; No. sFed, 81 SO
! 40; No. red fail, 81 90 Corn quiet amt
weak; 4fk650c for mixed, in bulk; 5sg59c for
dropping: 50@54e in bulk; 5i95Sc sacked.
Barley quteti Soc for strictly prime fall. Rye
better al 95c9sI Whisky lower at 6sc. Pro-
visions Gull; mess pork, SA % dry salyed
meats dulli loose rough stdess 94ci clear rib,
SIC; clear sides. l01<o; bacon, jObbing. lOH9
ll1Sgl2c; lard jobbing, l25fGi25<c for tieres,
and IS119l35zc Tor keg. Hogs-shippers and
butchers are paying 81 @97 DO. Cattle un-
changed.
CHICAGO, February 24-Flour steady; mod
crate demand; extra spring, IS %7z96 So
WheRt-EO 2 spring-demRnd active, and ad-
vauosd 2G21Sc; seller for March, 81 2i19; this
afternoon, irregular and actiVei ~ z-1sgl 1554
cash and seller for march. Corn-demand
active; advanced I@l14c; No. mixed Soc
cash; this afternoon, steady, with moderate
demand at 50&501<c, cash and seller for March
Oata-demand fair; advanced 1@5<e, to 431SG5
4S5<. Rye hrm; demand 1atri NO. 2, 8Hc.
Barley-NO 9-dull, but steady 20 Sc High
and higher: mess pork, e2l 555S, cash; lard
1913, seller March, aud 1910, seller for April.
Dressed hogs---demand fairi advanced 59I0c,
s. l21S@s 20i live quiet, and prices easier, at
So 1891 20. Cattle dull at 81 l25S8b 60.
LOUISVILLE.
LouIsVILLE, February A-Bagging very
qulet and heavy; hemp and fax held, on or
ders, at 24@25o Cotton firm, bus demand
light; middling, 1870. Flour nrm good local
and shipping demand, but stock light; extra
family, 50. Grain-Wheat in good local de-
mRnd; red and white 81 209f 85, on arrival;
oats in fair demand ct SOC, IN Sacks nom
store; corn in fair local demand; shelled, In
sacks, 68c, from store; rye, from store 81.
Groceries hrms but demand light; New Or
leans sugar, range, 9k8n7ze; prime Rio cof-
fee, ls5fe. Hay inactive, but stsRdy choice,
so Provisions quiet and depressed; mess
pork, Szl IS, in rOuud lota; lard prime leaf,
l2&c; bacon, packed, 9H@li568 4ci bulk
meats, packed 5s9i5z gllci sugar cured
hama, l8c; plain, i5c. Whi8ky quiet At e69elc.
Tobacco Rctive; sales, 2i5 bhds; S. l59iQ for
trash to medium leaf; SIS 509S0 for good to
hne leaf
NASHVILLE.
rTAsHvILLE, February 23-COtton steady
low n1iddllng, lSo. Bulk meats-clear Sides
ii1Soi clear rin, p7(ei ahquldera, sc, Packsa'