New-York tribune., 1883-10-27
rLlrCEES or IHE cmcIGO WIFhLE&.
All IIrDruNUnN, - WHEAT MD CO&>-IARGE
ARRIVALS Oh noes.
III ILLr.NNrn nd ~ INMLN..I

Cmc,Go. oct. 20 From the opening of
Change to-day until the close the call the price of
wheat moved mp and down within the extremely narrow
range Of ~ cont The movement was 40 small a5 to
cKoit, uO interest sellers who were on tine spot were
not tempted o sell buyer, not tempted 10 huy ord
,r- from tho outside did not nud with the local
crowd I,tIr,, and The range of fluctuations rdcuousy
small It We, altogether of tho duost dnys in prod
ucc ever passed Ia this market There WAS nothing tn the
natural situation to affect the spirits Of either the
bulls" or the "bear,." The receipts were consider
ably larger, but were the shipments
The Influence of one oT.et the influence Of
the other There were apparently hs local operators
In the market
W.K. Mauhcw,-thc youthful Cnc.unltlau. who came
hero oul, a yer, little while ago with $1,000 and after
losing ~ 200. began Ia strike the market rich and who
Aa, been playing Il ever since as II hr were millionaire
WA. tonight everybody said covering his wheat II Is
an incident worthy ot mention only M ono SENSE HcIr S
fellow who hu- muhc perhaps 100000 10y grain gamhl-
, who is said 10 have been short 100000 bu'hc, ~
wheat this morning. He gave hi' brokers, Daniels
Q,fk. orders to cover, and they began on
the "caIl" on the curb tonight their efforts
10 buy advanced wheat Il cent. and December,
which had closed AT 93ac., not Tor sale although
g3ac WAS bid November closed at 0lldo. May at ~ Ol b.
There appeared to be very little wheat FOR sale this after
noon
If wa. said tonight tha, room FOR 10000 bushels of
wheat had been chartered to-day Very tc credcncc Is
given the story however. Tho ycsscl mon have had a
habit OF giving figures charters that never realized
in the shipments until Whatever they say Is dis
counted II looks little 10 night II wheat would be
nrrtty firm tom morrow. Puts were selling very close
Ia the market calls " quite distance OH.
Wheat kept within asc. all day, but corn kept
within lic Wheat was dun, but around the corn
i thcr, waz nothing but OlfuR horse play, nom the
ncnin tnp OF the bell until the close The market
moi only without incident but almost literally without
orders. 1890 ,
II VIVA regarded little remarkable that the receipts
of Grain of all kinds should increase to-day, III the face Of
the great ransOIm Of yesterday There were 23l cars OF
wheat reported In and $50 Of corn, but there Is no
figuring upOn receipts this year. Tho corn bulls prom
.r that the old crop would De exhausted In september
at the rate at which II coming Ia market There,
however haa been very little falling of despite the decline
iu pricc and there il every indication that
fl there OnlJ enough the receipts to-day might
M easily have been 900 "a i3O cars.
receipts OF everything else are forgotten in
amazcmcnt at the number OF hogs arriving. Nearly
90 900 came to-day; nearly 10000 came In yesterday
The price fell at the yards today tO 10 cents ana II Is
nuticpatcd that the farmers, II they VIII hold back
their hOgs again. The quality Is not above medium Iho
biz receipts made the provision pit "bchrt-' and ny
inducing considerable selling lOOscned up the market
The near options suffered the most To day Pork dropped
Is 425 cents ribs and lard cents per hundred Tn c
receipts hogs this week will aggregate II i expected
over OOU-Oyer 10000 moro than arrived last week
The predicting 100000 for next week, and
are securing the country with their agents to buy
aud -p in here before November many hogs that the
market al the yards will be broken before the regular
vcbc So G2 January at 81 80; October lard at ~ 30
NOycmber ~ 81 TO- January at ~ 222; October pork
gtppped $40 l7l9 November ut go %, January ut
5000 On the curb all provisions were little higher