Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-29

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Chicago & Alton 1929 Richm'd & Danv *541z
.Chic.& Nrthw'n. III Richm'd 4 W.Pt.
- preferred 1897 Terminal 49, %
Chic, St.L.&N.O. 81 Rock Island 49, 1867
Consolidated Coal % St.LOuis & SanF %
Del, Lack. w III !" pref. 4O5s
Den. &kiOGrande 245s 90 Z" 1st pref 81
E. Tennessee I'd. 5s5 preferred. liz i9>s
Fort Wayne. .l33 Texas Pacific 49,. IS
Hannibal & st. 10 3S12 Union Pacific 49,. 7412
Harlem. ...-....l90 u. S. Express e.. 81
Houston & Texas. 40 Wabash Pacific. IS
Illinois Central. 1872 pref 3O1S
Lake Shore. ...... 987S Well & Fargo ll2
L'vilie Il Nash. 45H Western Union . 74ll
*Bid. ASKED
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. %, p. MIXTURES: Up
lands, low middling clause, February and
March, delivery, 5 5S-64d; May and June,
4-64d. Futures closed barely steady.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Cotton quiet: middling
uplands, 10 7-l6c; middlng Orleans, 10 IL l6c;
sales 5SI bales; net receipts 1870 bales, gross
GAS bales.
Weekly net receipts $3.50 bales, gross 1868;
exports, TO Great Britain Is, 207 bales to France
l,3l0 bales. to the continent 5,45I bales; sales
1907 bales; stock 2I3,9S4 bales.
Futures-Market closed barely steady, with
sales OF 10000 bales, as follows: December de-
livery, 10 1000 45c: January, 10 44c; February,
10 Soc; March, 10 soc; April, 10 9l(0l0 95c:
May. IL OS(Gll 09c; June. II 23c; July, IL $40
oil l3c.
The POSTS cotton report says: Future
deliveries at the first call showed December
bloc January 9-lO0c, and the balance 6l00@
| 7-l0Oc. higher than yesterdays closing prices,
and the continued good demand led to a
further Improvement of 4-l00(g5- l0Oc, partly
In consequence of more encouraging Liver
pool adVlceS and partly on account of the fall
ing oil in receipts. At all ports they point
for the week to 100000 bales, against 25l, 1872
bales last year, and at interior towns to
| $4,000 bales, against 1927 bales in 1881.
| There were at all ports l9I,36S bales, and at
interior towns 65975 bales and at interior
towns $3.50 bales. At the third call futures
| displayed a decline of 2-l00l13- 1OOc, January
having sold at 10 4Sc, February 10 &c, March
| 10 SIC and 10 SIC, April 10 97c, May IL l2c,
June II 26c, and August IL 46c. Futures
closed barely steady, with December and
January 7-lOOc, and the balance 5-lOOc higher
| than yesterday"
I GALVESTON, Dec. 29.-Cotton easy; mid
ding 97sc; low middling 9-l6c; good ordi-
nary l-l6c.
NORFOLK, Dec. 2s.-Cotton firm; offerings
| light; middling loo.
| BALTIMORE, Dec. 2S.-COttOn quiet; mid
ding lO14c; low middling 13-l6c; good ordi
| nary 914c.
BOSTON, Dec. zs.-Cotton quiet; middling
l025c; low middling l01 Sc, good ordinary 918c.
ding 934c; low middling 93sc; good ordinary
! $40.
| PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2S.-Cotton easy; mid
ding lO34c; low middling lO14c; good ordinary
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2S.-Cotton very firm;
middling 10 l-l6c; low middling ll-l6c; good
/ ordinary s. Ice.
MOBILE, Dec. 2S.-Cotton firm: middling
! 934c; low mddling 9I5c; good ordinary &c.
| MEMPHIS, Dee. 2S.-CottOn steady; middling
93sc; low middling 9l4c; good ordinary &c.
| AUGUSTA, Dec. 2S.-COttOn steady; middling
| 9Ac; low middling 914c.
| CHARLESTON, Dec. 2s.-Cotton firm; mid
ding 1O1sc; low midding l3-l6c; good or
! binary 5-16c.
MONTGOMERY, Dec. 2S.-Cotton firm; mid
! ding 93sc; low middling 94c.
| MACON, Dec. 2S.-COttOn steady; middling
| lou H,l1f ga. .
! COLUMBUS, Dec. 2S.-COtton dull; middling
| 93sc; low middling Sc; good ordinary .S12c.
] NASHVILLE. Dec. 2S.-COtton dun and nOmi-
nall middllng $sc; low middling &c; good
SELMA. Dec. 2S.-Cotton dull; miCdling
CSC.
ROME, Dec. 2S.-Cotton steady; middling
93sc; low mlddling 95sc; good ordinary &c.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ETC.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. ga leading weekly
| grain circular says: 1.-The grain trade is
quiet; the attendance has been irregular, and
! previous prices have generally been repeated
| At to-day's market the attendance was
| larger than usual, but the tone was quiet
| Wheat was in limited cOnsumptive request,
and generally Id. easier. For flour there was
| retail inquiry at late rates Mixed corn de-
! clined 212d."
LONDON, Dec. 2S.-In Mincing Lane this
week, owing to the holidays, many of the
markets have been closed, and but little busi
ness can be recorded. Sugars are depressed.
| Coffee is firmer, with more inquiry for Rio.
HAVANA, Dec. 2S.-Sugar-lOO hogsheads of
new centrifugal, 95 degrees polarization, were
! sold to-day at u reals, gold, per arrobe.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Flour, Southern closed
| duh and rather weaker. Wheat-spot lots a
| shade higher and firm; ungraded red, $500
| 81 10; ungraded white, S4c(9$l 90; No. 2 red,
! December delivery 81 III, January 81 I1Lq
| l lI5s. Corn-spot l4(G15c lower; ungraded, so
! 066c; No ,, December delivery nominal;
! January 6i@GIl4c. Oats shade lower and
| less active; No. ,, 403s(g4015c. Hops quiet aud
unchanged. Coffee, fair Rio, on spot, steady
at PFC; No. Rio, on spot 10 SOC, December
delivery 10 4Oc, January 10 459l0 soc. Molas-
ses steady; light trading. Rice firm and mod
| erately active. Cotton seed oil unchanged at
47@50c. Hides steady; moderate inquiry;
/ wet sailed New Orleans, selected, so to 10
| pounds 9@lOc; Texas, selected, S19(Gl0c.
! Wool quiet and unchanged; domestic fleece,
3215Oc; Texas, 14C927c. Pork dull; prices
! absolutely nominal; no sales. Middles dull
and nominal. Lard 7(@10 points lower dull
! and and heavy: contract grades, on spot,
| soc; January delivery 8 SOC. Freights to
LiverpoOl-cotton, per steam. 3-l6d; wheat,
B4LT1MoRE, Dec. 2s.-Oats scarce and firm;
| Southern, 3SG43c; Western, white 40042c;
mixed 3S(939c; Pennsylvania, 3S(@42c. Pro-
| shoulders and clear rib sides, packed, &c and
SIC. Bacon-shoulders 712c, clear rib sides
912c: Hams, 141a9l5c. Lard refined, lOc. Cot
steady stead at sl i8gi So Freis6ts dull Ii'A'
| ST. LOUIS. Dec. 2s.-Flour dull and un-
I
| fall, 81 0O3z for cash, 81 CO.'S for January de-
! livery: No 3 red fall, 94(G95c. Corn unsettled
and lower; 463349471sc for cash; 471S@473sc
| for January delivery. Oats dull and irregu-
| lar: SO5sGS3c for cash; 3Ol%G93lc for January
| delivery. Whisky unchanged. Provisions dull
| and nominal.
| LOUISVILLE, Dec 2S.-Flour quiet Wheat
| dull; No. 2 white, 81 0313. Corn dull; No.
| white, SAC: mixed, SIC. Oats dull; No. 2, 36c,
| mixed Western, 34c. Provisions quiet Mess
pork, SIS 90. Bulk meats-shoulders, &c; clear
rib IL clio Rapnn--plnDF rib
| $40. Hams, sugar cured l234c. Lard-chOice
kettle lie; prime steam &c.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2S.-Flour dull. Wheat in
| fair demand, unsettled and lower; regular,
| 9534 d96l&c for January delivery; No. 8, 100
sec; No. red winter, 9S12cg$l 90. Corn in
good demand, unsettled and lower; $500
6Ol4c for cash; 5S1s(G6O14c for December de-
| livery; 5S1slG601sc for January. Oats dull and
easier; 330G3314c for cash. 331g(G3313c for jan
uary delivery. Pork irregular and fairly ac-
! tive; l0,g2O points lower; cash lots, $l5 a5@
IA 90; $l4 OO0l4 1879 for January delivery.
| Lard duh; prices a shade lower; cash, ESQ
s zoe; January delivery, s 70gS soc. Bulk
Z 25c; short clear, soc. Whisky unchanged.
| Sugar unchanged.
CINoINNATI, Dec. 2S.-Flour dull; family.
| 81 50d4 So; fancy, IS 40. Wheat heavy; No.
red winter, 81 03(gl 03l3. Corn firmer; No.
mixed, 4Sc. Oats quiet at 3l34c. Provisions
Pork dull at $l+ so. Lard dull and unset
| tied at SOFAS size. Bulk meats quiet; Shout
ders, &c; clear rib TIC. Bacon unchanged;
| shoulders, &c; clear rib, SIC; clear sides,
SIC. Whisky steady at 81 -. Hogs weak;
| common and light, 81 OO(G5 40; packing and
| butchers. IS 25tQ5 so. Sugar quiet; hards,
| S3z(d914c; New Orleans, 53zQ1634c,
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2S.-FlOur quiet; fami-
Iy,s4 O0095 90; high grades. 81 8714(g4 95. Corn
steady aud in good demand; mixed, 55c, white
! and yellow, $40. Oats steady and in good de-
mand at 45c. Pork scarce and firm; mess,
| SIS 50. Lard steady; refined, in tierces, $50
| Sc; in kegs, &c. Bulk meats scarce and
| firm: shoulders, packed, 6 csc; long clear and
| clear rib, 75zc. Bacon dull; shoulders, 534c;
long clear and clear rib, SIC. Hams, choice
sugar cured canvased, steady at 14(9l415c.
| Whisky firm. Coffee steady and in good de-
mand; Rio cargOes, common to prime, 1910
| l3l5c. Sugar in good demand; fair to fully
| fair. 51z(d51zc; yellow clarified 65s(G67sc.
Molasses quiet; centrifugal, 17(D29c; fair, ESQ
| soc. Rice dull; Louisiana, ordinary to choice,
! 45s(G55sc. Cotton seed oil in, good demand;
| prime crude. 36129S7c; summer yellow, 400
Ac.
NAVAL STORES.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2S, 800 p. m.-Turpentine,
| 26s 9d(127s.
LONDON. Dec IS, 700 p. m.-Turpentine, ass.
| Cd
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-spirts turpentine
steady. ROsin unchanged.
CHARLESTON, Dec, 2S.-Spirits turpentine
dull and nominal at 3lISe. Rosin q1iet;
strained and good strained, 81 Is,
WILMINGTON,- Dec. 2S.-Spirits turpentine
firm at 3OIc Rosin firm; strained, 81 10;
good strained, 81 20. Tar firm at 81 20. Crude
| turpentine steady; 81 Is for hard and 81 90