The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-03
Commercial and Financial,

blDIhS AND bUNDs.
NEW, YORK, Feb. 2.-The stock market
opened weak, 4 to 4 lower TOR the general
list, During the greater pGrt of the past
hour the market continued weak and prices
further declined to II. Money, 4; prime
mercantile paper, 81 to 6; bar silver, 10s; ex.
change steady; SO, long, and S64 sight; gov
ernments, lower for extended 5's and As,
registered others were unchanged; states
dull and steady; railroads dull, without
change. After IL O'Clock a reaction extend
ing to took place in stocks, after which
the market became strong, and at noon
recorded ar advance OF ! to II, Five's ex-
tended, 81; AIS, LIB; As, 1.lSs; IS, 1.O4!,
BUSINESS FAILURES.
New YORK, Feb. 2,-Business failures for
the last seven days number 305, compared
with ga last week. New England states
furnish Al; middle, 80; western, 90; south
ern, 7S Pacific coast and territories, TO-
Canada, 35 New York city, 10. The great
mass OF failures are OF very petty kind.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Hogs receipts, 16 600;
active and shade higher; good to choice
heavy, $50 to So l5 common to good
mixed lots, $500 to So GO; light bacon
grades, $500 to 1918 Cattle receipts, 4 500;
| stronger, 8 to 10 higher; common to choice
shipping S4.25 to So; butchers and ca mag,
$3.50 to 81 stockers and feeders, Sa.. TO
81 GO. Sheep receipts. 4 900; offerings small
demand moderate; common to prime. So 60
to $3.50. Flour steady and unchanged.
Wheat active; regular, $l05i 20 $l.052, Feb
ruary; sl.O6i to Sl06a, March Corn active
and higher; $50 to Sc, cash; Sc, February;
56s 10 c6i, March. Pork active and firmer,
| higher; SIS bid cash or February. Lard
active, firm and higher; 500 cash or Feb
ruary; IL IS, March. Bulk meats, fair de-
| mand; shoulders, q 50; short ribs, 0 so; short
clear, 900. Whisky steady and unchanged;
$ll6.
| NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YORK, Feb. Flour firm and un-
changed. Wheat, cash grades, ! higher;
options, . to I higher. Coffee quiet and
unchanged. Sugar quiet and unchanged.
Molasses quiet and unchanged. Rice steady;
rangoon, q in bond. Pork strong and
higher; $3.50 to $40. Cut meats firm;
long clear middles, o.. Lard excited, II. 40
| NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
! New ORLEANS, Feb. Flour quet bat
steady; high grades, $475 to IS 65 Corn
in good demand at 81 to 3d. Oats scarce
and firmer at 81. Cor meal, demand fail
and prices higher; $40 to $3.l5. Hay in
good demand and lower; ordinary, $l4 to
SIG; prime, $l7 to SIS; choice, $40 to 1872,
Pork firm at $3.50. Lard higher; refined
fierce, Ut; key, III. Bulk meats in good
packed, "a clear rib and long clear, OF. Ba.
con firmer; clear rib and long clear, 1oI.
Hams, sugar.cured, quiet but steady; choice
Icanvasssd III to l2i. Whisky firm; ives.
terra rectihsd, $l.05 to Sl,20, Coffee steady
with good demand; Rio cargoes, common to
prime, 8 to %. Sugar quiet but steady;
common to good common, 8 to 81; fair 10
fully fair, 81 to 81; prime to choice, 6 to Ct;
yallow clarified, 7 to u; choice white clari-
fed, II to Il. Molasses steady:
good demand; common, "a to Il;
centrifugal. 81 to 80; fair, % to 30; cistern
bottoms, "a to Al; prime to choice, 81 to A.
Rice in good demand ordinary to prime
A to 6A. Bran, demand fair and prices
higher; 81. Cottor-,eed oil, prime crude
SGT to 81; summer yellow refined, AZ to 42i.
sight exchange on New York, So on 81 COO
premium; sterling exchange, BIB, S3l.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT.
NEW YoRK Feb. 2.-The weekly cotton
statement. Net receipts at all United
States ports during the week; 1G9 0O0 same
week last year, $4,000. Total receipts at all
United States ports to date, 800 ,0O; same
date last year, 1881 900. Export.
from all United States ports for the.Weck
1902 800, same week last yesr, So 900. Tota
exports from all United States ports to date
2,Sl3000; same date last year, 1883 900
Stock at all United States ports, 92l 900
Stock at all United States ports, 02l, 900
same time last year, 10000. Stock at al
interior towns, 1000; same time last year
10000. Stock at Liverpool, S5l ,000 sam,
last year, 632 900. Stock Of American adoa
for Great Britain, 2S9,000, same time las
year, 24S,000.
II LIVERPOOL STATEMENT.
II LIvSRrooL, Feb. 2,-Uotton statement
Sales Of the week, 1900; Ameri
can, $4,000. Spectators took, $40
exporters took 1850; forwarded from
ships side direct to spinners, $4,000; actua
export, 6,400. Total receipts, l35,0OC
American, 1l9 600. Total stock, S5l ,OOl
American, $4,000. Amount atloat, SAC OO(
. American, $50 900.
ST. LOUIS MARKET.
81 Sr. LOUIS, Feb. 2.-Flour quiet, Ger