Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
COTTON

GALVESTON. Dec. 2s.-HOliday; net receipts
5,I4i bales, gross 4,744; stock 1872 bales.
NORFOLK, Dec. 23.-HOliday; net receipts
SOLO bales, gross 500; stock 1913 bales
BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.-COtton dull; mid
ding lo1sc, low middling CSC, good ordinary
spInners l6I bales; stock 1873 bales.
BOSTON, Dec. 23.-COttOn steady; middling
lO1zc, low middling l0c, good ordinary 91Sc;
net receipts l,Osf bales, gross LIB; stock 1910
WILMINGTON, Dec. 2s.-Cotton steady; mid
ding 5-l6c, low middling 9 3-l6c good Ordi-
nary 5-l6e; net receipts 936 bales, gross 1886;
stock 2z,5S6 bales; exports, to Great Britain
2, ls3 bales, cOastwise 5l4.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-COttOn quiet; mid
ding 1916, low middling 10c, good ordi-
nary S14c' net receipts 469 bales, gross 566;
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 2s.-Cotton easy; mid
ding ls-l6c, low middling 915c, good ordinary
CSC; net receipts l,l97 bales, gross q, 539:
sales 1000 bales; stock %, $50 bales; exports,
TO Great Britain 7,265 bales, France ll,769, to
the continent Il, $50, cOastwise l,437.
MOBILE, Dec. 2.-HOliday; net receipts l. 94S
bales, gross l,948; stock 33,3lS bales; exports,
to Great Britain 1920 bales, coastwise ], iS6.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 23.-COttOn steady; middling
$se, low middling CSC, good ordinary &c; net
receipts 4 800 bales gross 4,o94; shipments 3,54l
bales; sales 200 bales; stock q, S52 bales
AUGUSTA, Dec. 23.-COttOn dull; middling
5-l6c. low middling &c, good ordinary Sic:
net receipts 1913 bales; sales 720 bales.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 3.-COttOn quiet; mid
ding csc, low middling 95sc, good ordinary
sse; net receipts 1908 bales, gross 4,093; sales
1000 bales; stock lO6,Sl6 bales; exports, to the
continent 4, $50 bales, cOastwise 5l3.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23.-HOliday; net receipts
1883 bales, gross 4,l62; shipments 1896 bales
sales - bales; stock 1883 bales.
NEW YORK, Dec 23.--COnsOlidated net re-
Ceipts to-day for all cotton ports where bust
ness is reported, 47,O5S bales; exports. to Great
Britain - $40 bales, to the continent I47lg to
France ll,769.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ETC.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-The Mark Lane Erpress
which was issued to-day, SAYS: ''Now beyond
doubt the acreage Of wheat in 1888 will be ex-
tremely limited. The tendency is distinctly
downward, and business Is quite nominal. For
foreign wheat there was merely retail in
quiry; rates are nOminally unchanged. Car
goes Off-cOast were inanimate; there were
sixteen arrivals and three sales; forward trade
Is practically suspended. Flour was generally
cheaper, and the poor qualities were difficult
Of sale; foreign flour Is in large supply. Bar
ley was easier, holders offering concessions in
order to effect sales; foreign was dull and
cheaper. Oats are unchanged; foreign are in
heavy supply, and prices are lower. Maize
has been Irregular, and prices have fallen fully
Sd from top figures; the spot supply is eX-
tremely small"
New YORK. Dec. 2s.-Flour. Southern, closed
dull and nominal. Wheat shade strOnger
No. red, February delivery,$ 81 III. Corn
shade lower and dull; ungraded, 5S(B70c; No.
>, year delivery, 69I4 96934c. Oats, cash lots
Hops dull and nominal. Coffee firm and more
active on spot; Rio, in cargOes 7(G912c, in job
lots 1t9lO12c; options nominal. Sugar dull and
unchanged; fair to good refining, 7(G71sc; re-
fined dull-white extra c 73z(971sc, yellow
extra { 7l4G1l2c, of A 71sGS1sc, mould A
Sls(GS5Sc, standard 4 s. 4(dS3sc, cOnfectiOner's
\ sec, cut Leaf @sg914cI crushed 91s(99l &c;
powdered 9G9l &c, cubes 9,G91sc, graduated
81 &c. MOlasses dull and nominal. Rice
quiet and unchanged. Cotton seed oil, 5Ot1
60l2c Hides duh and unchanged; wet salted
New Orleans, selected 80 to go pounds, ga
lOc: Texas. selected so pounds, 1l1zc. Wool
dull and unsettled. Pork very dull; prices
wholly nominal; mess, new, on spot, quoted at
SIS 371a,GlS 70; extra prime, Sl4 l0(Gl4 50; city
family mess, SIS OOC9lS 30. AIiddles dull and
nominal. Lard very dull; prices without de-
cided change. treights TO Liverpool dull cot
ton. per steam, I'D; wheat. per steam. 65zd.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3.-ElOur quiet but
steady; high grades, 81 COOS 3715. Corn quiet
and weak; white and yellow mixed, Sc.
Corn meal dull and lower. Oats weak at sic.
Pork N fair demand; prices higher, $l7 IS.
Lard quiet but steady; refined, IN tierces
lIlSc, in kegs 12c, Bulk meats in fair de-
mand; shoulders, packed, CSC; clear rib and
long clear, 9l50G93sc. Bacon dull and nominal.
Hams, sugar cured, choice canyased, scarce
and in request at l514tGl5s4c. Whisky steady
and unchanged; Western rectiied, 81 05tGl 20.
Coffee steady and in fair demand Rio
cargOes, common to prime, 614t9954c. Sugar
dull and lower; common TO good common,
41sl655sc; fair to fully fair, 55sG55sc; prime to
choice, 5!std65sc; yellow clarified, 5gIssc;
choice and white clarified, "a 01Sc; graduated,
SIC. MOlasses steady, with good demand; in
feriOr, lS(G20c: centrifugal, 25tI43c; common,
3O,GSSc; fair, 34yG36c; prime to choice 44(G5Oc.
Rice steady and firm; Louisiana, ordinary to
choice, f4G614c. Bran dull and lower; held
at 90Ig95e,
BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.-Oats steady but
quiet; Southern, 45G47e; Western, white 47(9
{Sc, mixed 454fi6c; Pennsylvania, 45(d49c.
Provisions closed quiet and unchanged: Mess
pork. $40 %. Bulk meats-shOulders and clear
rib sides. packed, SC and l0l4c. Bacon-shOul-
ders. sc; clear rib sides, 1l34c. Hams, lao
l5c. Lard, refined, 1l3<c. Coffee firm; Rio
cargoes, ordinary to fair, 1859. Sugar
quiet; 4 soft, SIC. Whisky quiet at 81 $50
lSl4. Freights dull.
CISCISSATI, Dec. 23.-Grain and provisions
market merely nominal; prices unchanged.
Hogs quiet. prices unchanged; ranging from
IS 20 10 s. 35 receipts $500, shipments LOO.
There viii be no market Monday.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 23.-PFOvision market
practically closed on account OF the holidays.
Whisky quiet at 81 l3.
ST, Louis, Dec. 23.-The Merchants EX
change was closed To-day, and viii not reopen
till Tuesday,
NAVAL STORES.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Turpentine quiet but
firm at $4,000 ROsin dull and weak at 81 65
CHARLESTON, Dec. 2s.-spirits turpentine
steady: sales at 4Sc. Resin in demand;
strained and good strained, 81 40.
WILMISGFas, Dec. 2.-Spirits turpentine
firm az 4Sc. Rosin steady u 81 IS for strained
and 81 40 for good strained. Tar steady at 81 80.
Crude turpentine steady at 81 SO for hard, and
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