Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-19

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bales. gross 3,22l; sales none; stock S5.OS9
bales; exports cOastwise 2, 456 bales.
SE% husz. Dec. lS.-COnsOnuated net re-
aelpss Tor ali cotton ports to-day 1858 bales;
exports. to Great Britain 1887 bales. to
France 500. to the continent l.l27.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ere.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. IS, nOOn.-Breadstuffs
firm but quOtably unchanged. Bacon. long
clear mIddles S3s. Lard, prime Western Cos 81.
NEW YORK, Dec. IS, nOOn.-FlOur ouiet
but steady. Wheat better. Corn lower and
dull. Pork dull; mess, SD 259l2 so. Lard
steady at 971 &c. Frelghts firm.
5:OU y. m.-ElOur, Southern closed DIM
Wheat-spOt lots 1zl914c lower; ungraded red.
61GSSc; ungraded white, S215GSic; No. red
january aelVery fs2s'gS03sc. Corn-spOt lots
12gl12c higher, closing weaker; ungraded 47d
SOC; white Southern soc; No. ?. December de-
livery 53szc. Oats a shade lower but fairly
active; No. :, 5S54G34c. Hops unchanged.
Conee, f3r RIO. on spot. quiet at 93zc; No.
Rio. on spot l5c, December delivery CSC
sugar nominal; fair to good refining 43<0147Sc:
refined irmer, with better demaLd-C 45S05
45zc, extra Z 51slG5c, white extra 51SG5Lc
yellow 45ziG 415c, on y 55Ec, mould 4 6lSc CON
fectiOners' y 51sc, standard a 55sc. cut loaf
and crushed 6,3063sc, powdered 61Sd6Xc,
graduated l5-l6c, cubes &c. MOlasses
quiet; New Orleans 4OG52c. COJton-seed oil
3Bd3jc Tor crude, 4O1l(G4lc for refined Hides
unchanged; New Orleans and Texas selected.
lie. Wool quiet. Pork steady; mess, on spot.
So 25Gl2 80. Mlddles nominal; long clear
&c. Lard shade lower and dull; Western
steam, on spot 9114c, January delivery goa
97c. Freights 10 Liverpool firmer; cotton.
peT steam l3-64eT-32d; wheat, per steam 60
G654d.
CHICAGO. Dec. Is.-wheat opened steady for
January and SO higher for May; at first there
was some buying aud the market advanced
sc for January, but The advance did not hold
and prices went down again; Liverpool was
again quiet and steady, but Mark Lane was
Oh per quarter higher for California wheat on
passage; the weather III England is cold and
wet; on passage to the United Kingdom there
are Of wheat and Hour about 2OUO,OU0 quarters
and 10000 quarters of corn; the receipts are
gradually lessenlng at milwaukee, and Toledo,
but here they keep up well. as $50 cars were
received to-day, against Isl yesterday; as long
as this torrent OF supply continues to flow to-
ward the grain arriving centres and exports
do not keep pace with or surpass II in volume,
no special action Is looked fur in speculative
trading; on the afternoon board the feeling
continued easy, and tine closing prices were
trading In May and longer options was appa-
rent; Liverpool was little easier on corn.
but New \ DIRK was steady, with all the cash
corn offered taken Tor export; II was reported
that some corn originally shipped for New
York had been turned aside 10 this market in
the hope of getting better price of "all the
year, for it, and this may account for the
present increase in receipts here; to-day there
were 1876 cars CT corn received, against 1873
yesterday, and 81 OF them graded No. ,. Oats
early were sc better in sympathy with the
idea that the present crop has been largely
over-estimated, but the firmness did not hold
February pork opened at $40 so and declined
10 eiU %. Out buUcGtl uGnLlJ EGdCLGu TO STU a.
February lard opened at 65c, and declined
to 621sc.
Flour dull. Wheat weaker; closed 5zGzc
below yesterday; regular, December delivery
70zG7l14e, January 5O3sd7l5zc. Corn weak:
all the year closed &c below yesterday; cash
lots 363zc; January delivery 3iAc. Oats firm
and $3.50 better; cash lots and December
delivery 241sc. Pork easy; closed steady but
| lOal2 &C lower; cash lots SO 6O9lO 65; De-
| cember delivery $40 90. Lard easier; cash lots
52lzG6 571zc. Bulk meats shoulders I 621z
Ia faHna sff4s ma
| Whisky steady atSl Is. sugar quiet; standard
/ \ SIC, granulated &C.
| BkaTI zuEE. Dec. is. Flour quiet but nOmi-
nally steady; howard street ami western ST.
50 30 "a 80; ci.y mills sJiFsTfins, - 25G2 Is:
extra s3 O0G.5 -: Rio h-an0H. "A 62(1t 20;
superlative patent, s. %. Wheat-southern
/ quiet but steady; Western easier, closing
quiet; southern. red S0GS4c, amber SS0S9c
/ No. Maryland, S5GSjlsc; No. 2 Western win
/ ter ref, on spot 7SG7S1zc. Corn-SOuthern
| steady; Western steady but quiet: Southern.
| white 47d475zc, yellow 4S,G49c.
CINCINNATI. Dec. lS.-EiOur stronger; fam
/ ily So 1908 40, fancy So COOS 80. Wheat firm
/ No. red, 14c. Corn strong: No. mixed Ale.
| Oats steady at 2734d2Sc- Professionalism
firm; mess, SII 25Cdll so. Lard steady at 6Oc.
/ Bulk meats quiet and unchanged; shoulders
Changed: shoulders 555c. short RIB 71sc,
| clear 75Sc. Whisky steady at 81 IL. Sugar
| unchanged. Hogs steady; common and light,
| 50 1904 80; packing and butchers, 81 1904 90
| ST. LOUIS, Dec. lS.-FlOur unchanged
| Wheat lower and very slow; No. red, 1915
| nc for cash, 1910 &c for December delivery
| Corn firm and very inactive; 331sc for cash,
| 81 1R333<c for December delivery. Oats very
| slow: 25c bid for cash. Whisky steady at
| 81 y. Provisions very quiet, with only jot
| trade: PORK, Sll p for cash. Bulk meats dull;
| long clear 3 SOC, short rib 60c, clear SIC
| Bacon dull; long clear SOC, short clear
6 621Sc, clear 1896 size. Lard quiet; SOC
| LOUISVILLE, Dec. IS Grain steady: Wheat
| No. red, 73c. Corn, No. ,, mixed 39c, white
| s9JSc. Oats, No. > mixed 2S54c. Provisions
| dull: Bacon nominal; clear rib sc, cleaI
| sides 6lSe. Bulk meats-shOulders &c. Mess
| pork Sl2. Lard. prime leaf SIC.
| NEW ORLEANS, Dec. IS Coffee steady; Rlo
| 7ISlGllc. Sugar in active demand; common
| TO good common 31sG352c; prime 413c. Mo-
| lasses in good demand; fair 26G21c; prime e
| choice 3l(G43c. Cotton seed oil-prlme crude
S31zg3ic. -
| NAVAL sTOBEs.
LONDON. Dec. Il, 600 .. m.-Spirits tur-
| peutine firm: spot, 23s Cd: December delIv-
erv. 23s Cd; January to April, 23s Sd.
Nsa IORg. Dec. Is, nOOn.->plnts turner.
tine dull at 3lG3l1zC. EOsin dull at 81 221SG
sos d. m-Spirits turpenrine duh at 305zG
sic. ROsin steady at 81 221Sgl 2715.
| CHARLESTON. Dec. S.-oplrits turpentinf
quiet; CSC bid. Resin dull and nominal
| strained, 81 90; good strained. 81 %.
| WILEINsrns. Dec. lS.--SuiriJs turp5ntiot
steady at 273zc- ROsin steady; strained, voc
| good straineu.SI 90. Tar firm at 81 10. Crude
turpentine steady; hard. 81; Fellow dip anc
virgin. 81 CO.
NEW YORK, Dec. IS.-Rice firm.
| NEW ORLEANS, Dec. lS.-Rice quiet; Louis
lana. 4zG51Sc.