Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-31
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, December oO.-tottou
fro: sales. 329 bales; upiands, II l.i6c.;
Orleans, II 5-i6c. consolidated net re-
ceipts. 23.0ii bales; exports--to Great
Britain. 1854 bales; TO the continent
1856 bales. Southern tlour stronger; com
mon To i0ir extra, s3.20aSi. Wheat-Op-
ti0ns closed IT ady at nearly the be,t rates;
ungraded red. 69a9Oc.; No. red, Janus.
", S4.as5Ac. Corn excited and irregular;
No. . December advanced fully Ice. on the
covering OF shorts. closing with reaction
Of &C.. No. 9 spot, lie. higher; ungraded.
4Sa.j2c. No. 2. I5a11c.; No. .. December.
C5asOc. January. 4saai9lc. Oats closed q
shade lower: No. ,. January, 81 i3lAc.
Hops firm. Colec-Spot fair; Rio duh ut
1915; No. Rio, spot. sS.05; January.
S7.95aSS. Sugar dull and unchanged; fair
10 good refining. 4iaiIc.; refined quiet.
Molasses unchanged. Rice quiet. Cotton.
seed oil. 3ja31c. for crude; l0a42c. for re-
fined. Rosin unchanged. Turpentine dull
at Sic. Hides unchanged. Wool steady.
Pork firm; mess. spot. Si2.25iSi2.o).
Middles dull long clear. 6lc. Lard opeocd
2aic. lower, recovered. and closed steady;
western steam. spot. S6.95sS,; January,
50. 9OaS6.9l. Freights weak.
The short interest on the Produce Ex-
change in corn for December, which put
the market up 1910 zoe. per bIshel for cash
and December No. corn since yesterday,
with bids for lots OF 100, 900 bushels at Soc,
was caused by exporters selling for Decem-
Der what they did not possess. The bulls
are squeezing the short exporters most
numerically.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. December 30.-Flour higher.
onff -
and western superiinc. S2.i0as2.45; extra,
81. 0OaS3. 40; family. s3.65aSi25; City Mills
supertine. S2.40i$9. IS; extra, s3ae3.50i Rio
brands. Si.3sasl.50. Wheat : Southern
higher and quiet western irregular, ruling
higher, and strong: southern red, S2a8Jc. 8
amber, 00a93c. No. l Maryland. 9oa9ofe.;
No. 2 western winter red. spot. SIC. bid;
January, S4laSiIc. Corn-S southern iirmer;
western irregular and easier: southern
white. 49aj0c.: yellow, 49aJlc. Oats urm
and dull; southern. 33a36c.; western white.
3ia3Gc.; mixed. 32a334c.; Pennsylvania.
! 33a3Gc. Provisions dull. Whiskey ste idy
| at Si.ls3Sl.i0. Other articles unchanged.
Freighis quiet and steady.
CINCINNATI.
CINCIYNATI, December 3).--Flonr
stronger. Wheat strong and higher: No.
> red winter, ,7a,Sc. Corn In good de-
mand aud higher: No. mixed. f0c. OatD
firm at 2stc. Pork steady Al Sll. Buik-
meats quiet and unchanged. Bacon 10
! light demand ut previous prices. Wki.key
firm at Sill. sugar uncbange1. Hogs
dull; common ard light. S3.3jtSi.5; pack
Ing aud butchers. Si.lJlSl -.
LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE. December 30.-Graln flrmer.
" beat l. No. 2 red, 75i1Gc. Corn-No. 2
mixed. 20c. Oats-No. mixed. .9c. Pro-
visions quiet. Mess.pork, $3.50. Lard
Prime steam, SIC. Buk-mcats- shoulders
nominal at ilc.; clear rim, $3.50; sides,
60 10. Hams -sugar-cured, l04c. Bacon
nominal.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. Louis, December 30.-Fiour I'M
changed. wheat again sharply higher !;
No. red. cash. and December. Sc. jan
nary, SllgSI{c. Corn slow; closed a irac.
ton below yesterday; 33sa33tc. cash. 32ls
| 32'c. January, Oats stronger and mac
tive: 2Jtc. hid cash. Whiskey steady &c
Slip. Provisions stronger AMI unchanged.
Pork. Sll.2J. BuIk-mcats-Long clear
81 co: short RIB. $50: clear. sj.0j. b.
con- Long clear. $3.50; short rib. s6.Glia
500; clear, SG.s7Aas7. Lard, $3.50 asked.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. December 80. - Flour uD-
changed. Wheat active and unsettled ;
January closed lee. higher; December,
1Jlc.; JANUARY, 15iaIGlc.; No. spring,
1J4a1Glc. Corn trmer and very quiet /;
| cash. 3j!s35'c.; January. 3ja3jsc. Dat,
steady; JANUARY. 2JBc. Pork irregular;
closed s'eady; cash, Sl0.sjaSl0.S,4; JAM
4. A A all f.ffr. a..A
tIihe higher; cash and January. sC.50l
SG.57s. Meats uominally unchanged.
Wniskey steady at Sl.13. SUGAR unchanged.
MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE,, December Colour quiet
and steady. " heat easier; No. 2 Mil
waukee. 74Bc.; January. 7ilc. Provisions
flrmer. Mess-pors, 5000 cash and Jan.
uary. Lard-Prime steam. 1851 cash and
January. Sweet-pickled hams iirta at STA
! &c. Hogs firm at S3.90aSf.20.
WILMINGTON.
WILMINGTON, y. c., December 3o.-Tur'
pcntluc firm at 2sc. Rosin steady
strained. 9Jc. good, 81. Tar iirm al
| Sl.l0. Crude turpentine firm; hard, IL
yellow dip aud virgin. si.G0.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
Reported for the Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, VA. December 30.-Bs II hand
! picked, fle.; extra, 3!c.; farmers goods
Babe. Market quiet.
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
New YORK, December 30.--Cot,on--Ne
receipts. l.39? bales; gross receipts, s.i6'
bales. Futures closed quiet but steady
sales, $500 bales; January, sil.liasll.l5
February, Sll.Ilasli.12; March, sll.2s
sli.23; April, Sll.35asll.3S; MAY, sl0.tI
Slo.4s; June, Sli.60asl i.6l July, Sill
sl1.73; August, Sll.siaSli.s3; sep,em
Der, sli.tJlsll.50.