Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-17

MACON, Feb. 16.-Cotton quiet; middling
&c; low middllng s1sc; good ordinary SIC.
COLUMBUS. Feb. l6:-Cottoh quiet; mid
ding !91sc; low middling SIC; good ordi-
NASHVILLE. Feb. I6.-Cotton steady: mid
ding 9ssc; low middling 91sc; good ordinary
SELMA, Feb. I6.-Cotton firm; middling
gI6c.
ROM, Feb. 16.-Cotton steady; middling s1s:
low middling SC; good ordinary SIC.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. l6.-Cotton steady: middlinO
S4c. low middling 914c, good ordinary S5se;
net receipts 324 bales, gross 5,5s5; shipments
l0.3O4 bales; sales 2,07e bales.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ETC.
NEW YORK. Feb. l6.-Flour. Southern. closed
firm but quiet; common to fair extra, 81 75a
40; good to choice extra, IS 50G7 40. Wheat
cash lots 12(9lc lower; options opened 14tGISc
lower, afterwards recovered and advanced Z
@l14e, closing very firm with slight reac-
ton; No. spring nominal; ungraded red.
81 07gl 27; No; 2 red, 81 2419ggl PAS; No. 2
ssd EsST9Sr Ssiy esyb e ow March, March,
opened 14G1zc lower, afterw ards recovered
from decline and advanced 2S@l34c, closing
very firm; al1gra1dded ,9g1Se; 10; 2 February
a shade easier but fairly active; No. 2, 4S3<c:
ditto white, 1910. Hops duh and wholly
nominal. Coffee dull and lower; March de-
livery, l5c; Rio cargoes quoted at 7171G9szc;
job lots, 712GlO54c. Sugar dull and rather
easier; Porto Rico, SIC; St. Domingo, 71Sc;
fair to good refining quoted at 5-l6G7 3-l6c:
G 713(G7s4c, of A s@s1sc,, mould A S56c
Molasses dull and unchanged. Rice quiet but
steady Hides duh and unchanged. Wool
firm; fairly active. Pork held higher; closing
spot, $40 %; clear back, So l212(G22 25; family
mess, $40 25CGl9 so; February delivery, $40 100
10 40; March, $40 1903 40. Middles stronger;
long clear, 95sc; sales of long and short clear,
half and half, loo. Lard Is to 20 points higher
and excited; closing feverish, with active
trade; prime steam, on spot, IL 6214(gll CSC;
Liverpool dull; cotton, per steam, I'D; wheat.
per steam, Cd.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. l6.-On account of floods
local business being done.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-FlOur quiet but firm
Wheat active, firm and higher; regular,$l 1913
spring, 81 O9349l lOrs; No. ditto, 95@95I2e;
No. 2 red winter, 81 IL. Corn unsettled and
generally higher; 573zc for cash. Oats active
firm and higher; 393Sc for cash; 391S(0395zc
prices higher; lght,7 5O17 So; heavy,7 1907 so.
Pork active, firm and higher; $lS 2OC9lS % for
cash; SIS 25(DlS 30 for March. Lard active, firm
and higher; II 4Ogll As for cash; II 4715(9ll so
for March delivery. Bulk meats strong and
higher; shoulders, 25c; short rib, csc; short
clear, 8 S5c. Whisky steady and unchanged.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16.-FlOur firm and better;
family, 81 5594 65. Wheat opened higher and
advanced; closed fraction of; No. 2 red fall, |
81 1901 1873 for cash; 81 1875 for February de-
livery; No. red fall, 81 0S12(G1 90. Corn
opened higher and advanced; closing shade |
lower; 555gC9557sc for cash; 555sC956c for Feb
ruary delivery. Oats higher but slow; $50 !
Whisky steady at 81 IA. Provisiors-Pork |
higher; mess, SIS 25 for cash; SIS 1712 for |
March. Lard nominally at lie. Bulk meats !
firm and better; long clear, 4Oc; short rib, |
1909 soc; short clear, 6218C99 6624c. Bacon !
slow but strong; short rib, 10 S719c; short |
clear, 10 Csc.
Southern, 4s95lc; Western, white 5O@5lc, |
mixed 47(G49c; Pennsylvania, 4S(05lo. Pro- |
visions very firm Mess pork, $40 so. Bulk |
meats-shOulders and clear rib sides, packed, |
SIC and l03sc. BacOn-shOulders, &c; clear |
rib sides, 1l$6c. Hams, 14(ql413c. Lard, re- |
fined, 1214c. Coffee lower; Rio cargoes, Ordi- |
nary to 1ri fair, 8Ag914c; sugar firm; soft,
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. l6-FlOur in fair de- |
mand; prices higher; high grades, IS 1596 10. |
Corn, supply exhausted. Oats, none in first |
Lard in fair demand and steady; refined, in |
tierces 1134c; in kegs PIC. Bulk meats scarce |
and firm; shoulders, packed, 75sc; rib and long |
clear, lOc. Bacon in fair demandi shoulders, |
SIC; clear rib and long clear, l01sc Hams, |
sugar cured scarce and firm-choice canvased |
l3(g1315c, as in size. Whisky firm and steady; |
and in good demand; Rio cargoes, common to |
prime, 713(91lc. Sugar active and firm; COM |
mon to good common, 534961sc; fair to fully |
fair, 64g613c; prime PRIME to choice, 69s@SAc; |
fled, SIC. Molasses closed quiet but steady; |
common, 24(G27c; centrifugal, 2l038c; fair, 20 |
993c; prime to choice, 37G49c; fermented. 24C9 |
32c; frosted 1S(G32c. Rice firmer; Louisiana, |
ordinary to prime. 5@63sc. Cotton seed oil, |
crude, 4004lc; summer yellow refined, 45(g46c. |
CINCINNATI, Feb. 16.-Flour firm; nominally |
at S. 1905 40; fancy, IS 50C06 90. Wheat easier; |
81 u on spot. Corn dull; held at 65c; ear, soc. |
No other grains offered. Provisions-Pork held |
at SIS 259lS so for mess on spot. Lard strong |
at IL 00(0l1 05c. Bulk meats firmer; shoulders, |
71sc; clear rib, csc. Bacon firmer; shoulders, |
SIC; clear rib, lO}sc; clear, ll1sc. Whisky, |
no market. Sugar flrmer and unchanged.
NAVAL STORES.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-SpIrits turpentine
steady at 5315c. Rosin firm.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 16.-Spirits turpentine
nominal; no sales. Rosin quiet; strained and
good strained, 81 40.
WILMINGTON, Feb. 16.-Spirits turpentine
firm, 1910. ROsin firm; 81 3212 for strained;
81 BIZ for good strained Tar steady at 81 so.
Crude turpentine firm at 81 so for hard,
and 81 so for yellow dip.