Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-05

Den.&RioGrande % ." 1st pref 81
Erie .............. "a st. Paul ......... 9314
f. Tennessee Rd. 6 g preferred ll6%
Fort Wavne .... 1873 Texas Pacific $3.50. 1917
Hannibal & St. 10 3S15 Union Pacific. &c. %
Harlem ..........l 1872 u. S. Express. IS
Houston Il Texas 5034 Wabash Pacific 1917
Illinois Central 1927 pref 305 :
Lake shore .. 963z Well & Fargo 1906
L'yille y Nash. 46 Western Union. 1874
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COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. /, 500 p. MIXTURES
Uplands. low middlng clause, February and
March delivery, 62-64d; May and June,
6 9-6ld. Market closed steady.
MANCHESTER, Jan. 1.-The Guardian, in its
weekly commercial article, says: "Prices are
firm, and present quotations are seriously
checking sales y arms are steady"
NEW ORR, Jan. 4.-COtton firm: middling
uplands, 1890; middling Orleans, 49, sc; sales
lob bales; net receipts 2,254 bales, gross 1915
bales.
Weekly net receipts 10, l6l bales, gross A, 56I /;
exports, TO Great Britain II, 34i bales, to France
SSi bales, to the continent 3, l46 bales; sales
l,lSl bales; stock 299 217 bales.
Futures-Market closed barely steady, with
sales of $4,000 bales, as follows: January de-
livery. 10 G9Gl0 zoe: February, 10 Soc; March,
II 0lGll 02c; April, II l6Gll lie: May, IL 300
II Bic: June. II He; July, II 55l9Il 56c; Au-
gust, ii 64c; September. II 30lGll 3d.: OctO-
Der, 10 SSlGl0 SIC; November. 10 7SGl0 73c.
The Post says: Future deliveries opened
about 2-lO0c higher, iiuctuated for awhile
and. when the interior towns indicated
smaller receipts than was expected, advanced
for January $1,000 and for the latter months
9-l000l0- l00c above yesterdays closing prices.
The third call showed an advance of 4 l00c
for January and decline of 2-l0093- l00c for
all later months. January brought 10 nc.
March II Ole, April II 1901 lSc. and June
Il 47c. Futures closed steady, with January
6-lO0c and the balance 4-lO0G5- l00c higher
than yesterday"
GALVESTON, Jan. 4.-CottOn firm: middling
l01sc; low middling l3-l6c, good ordinary
5-I6c.
NORFOLK, Jan. 4.-Cotton firm; middling
1890.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 4.-Cotton steady: mid
ding 1880; low middling9 l5-l6c; good Ordi-
nary CSC.
B0sTON, Jan. 4.-Cotton steady; middling
l0gc; low middling l015c; good ordinary 97Sc
WILMINGTON, Jan. 4.-COttOn firm: mid
ding lOc; low middling 93sc; good ordinary
&c.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.-Cotton dull; mid
ding l0Ac; low middling l04c; good ordinary
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 4.-Cotton firm; mid
ding 10 5-l6c; low middling 9 l5-l6c; good
ordinary 9-l6c.
MOBILE, Jan. 4.-Cotton firm; held higher;
middling lOc; low middling SIC; good ordi-
nary 9l4c.
l0l &C.; low middling SIC; good ordinary Csc.
AUGUSTA, Jan. 4.-COttOn steady; middling
97sc; low middlng 955c.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 4.-Cotton frmer; Md
ding l0Hc; low midding lOAc; good ordi-
nary $50.
MoNTGoMERY, Jan. 4-Cotton firm; mid
ding 97sc; low middling 934c; good ordinary
SIC.
MACON, Jan. 4.-Cotton firm; middling 95lc;
low middling SIC; goOd ordinary &c.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 4.-Cott0n firm; middling
&c; low middling 9Ac; good ordinary, SIC.
97sc; low middling &c; good ordinary S7sc.
lOc.
ROME, Jan. 4.-Cotton IN good demand;
middIinp loo. low middlinU 03Lc. pOOd Ordi-
nary &c.
PROVISIONS. GROCERIES. ETC.
LONDON. an. An Mncing Lane the mar
kets this week sugar has been dun. Plantation
color. Pepper is firm. At the public sales of
tea 64OO packages were sold steadily at full
prices.
LIVERPOOL. Jan. 4.-The leading weekly
grain circular says: ''The grain market has
been dull and business has been limited, but
prices have been fairly supported. AT to-
days market there was moderate attend
ance. The tone was quiet. There was a mod
crate business in wheat at decline of Id.
There was little doing IN flour. Old mixed
corn, with more inquiry and moderate sup
ply, was Id dearer."
HAVANA, Jan. 4.-Small lots of new Cen
trifugal sugar, receivable on the coast, have
been sold on the basis of 654914 reals, gold,
per arrobe.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Flour, Southern closed
dull and declining. Wheat opened a shade
higher, but afterwards lost the advance; I'M
graded red, 9lc(G$l Is; ungraded white, S3c0
81 06: No. 2 red. January delivery 81 09Zs(1l 10.
COrn-spot l@l15c higher, closing strong; IN
graded, 5l(g63Ac; ungraded white, 70(G7lc;
No. 2 January delivery, 6534(9663sc. Oats
spot lots 14(912c better; No 2, 4012c. Hops dull,
prices without marked change. Coffee, fair
Rio, on spot, dull at l214c; No. Rio, on spot
10 soc, January delivery 10 Csc. Sugar dull,
prices without decided change; refined weak:
Q 53sG6c. extra Z 61sG61ac, white extra c csc,
yellow $40 534c, of A G34(0714c, mould Al sc,
standard A 75s0715c, confectioners' A 9-loc,
cut loaf and crushed S9SGS3zc, powdered S1sG
SIC, graduated 77sc, cubes SIC. MOlasses
steady; New Orleans 30656c. Rice firm; good
jObbing demand; domestic 5(9714c. Cotton
seed oil unchanged. Hides quiet but firm: wet
sailed New Orleans, selected, so to 60 pounds,
SglOc; Texas, selected, S12(glOc. Wool steady
and moderately active. Pork dull and rather
weak; mess. on spot, $l4 6212gl5 90. Middles
dull and nominal. Lard unsettled, opening
points higher, later declined l0D11 points,
but closing steadier; contract grade, on spot
quoted at l5c; January delivery, 1909 lie.
Freigh:s to Liverpool dull; cotton, per steam
3-l6d; wheat, per steam, l12Gg2d.
CHICAGO. Jan. 4.-Fiour dull Wheat, unset
tied, opening strong and higher, but closing
easier and &c under yesterday; regular, jan
spring, 9t299514c; No. 2 red winter, 97G9Sc.
Corn very unsettled and nervous; closed &c
lower for January than yesterday; cash lots,
565sG57szc; January delivery, 567s(95S7sc.
Oats opened strong and higher, but closed
with the advance partly lost; S315g3334c for
cash; 3319G331sc for January delivery. Pork
irregular. advanced l5(G2Oc early, feceded,
rallied to medium figures, and closed tame at
Sl4 37134l4 40 for cash. $l4 3219(dgl4 50 for Jan
uary delivery. Lard opened 215(05 points
higher; later receded 5(Gl0 points, but closed
steady; cash lots. S09S S21ac; January deliv-
cry S2l2c. Whisky unchanged. Sugar I'M
changed.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 4.-FIour steady;
family, 81 00G4 so; high grades, "a S715(15 IS.
Corn quiet; mixed, 55c. Oats, 47c. Pork
scarce and firm: mess, old SIS 25. new SIS so.
Lard steady; refined, in tierces, SIC; in kegs,
9l4c. Bulk meats quiet; shoulders, packed,
6(G61sc; long clear and clear rib, 75sc. Bacon
steady; shoulders, SIC; long clear and clear
rib, SIC. Hams, choice sugar cured canvased,
dull and lower, l3Gl33zc. Whisky steady.
Coffee steady and in good demand; Rio ear
goes, common to prime, l014Gl334c. Sugar
active and firm; fair to fully fair, 51s(G5l4e;
white clarified, 71s(G714c Molasses-common,
20(G22c; fair, 25(d2Sc. Rice in good demand;
Louisiana, ordinary to choice, 41a95szc. Cot
ton seed Oil-prime crude. 35(g37c, ex-levee;
summer yellow, 43ld45c, f. 0. b.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 4.-Fiour quiet. Wheat
firm; spot lots held for 81 03G1 o.. Corn firm
er; No. mixed, 4916(d50c. Oats stronger, 34c.
Provisions Pork frmer at $l4 IS. Lard strong
at 75c. Bulk meats-shOulders Csc; clear
rib SOC. Bacon stronger; shoulders 25c;
clear rib soc; clear 75c. Whisky strong and
higher, 81 IA. Sugar steady; hard refined, So
G914c; New Orleans 534(G654c. Hogs active,
firm and higher; common and light. 81 400
Sc; packing and butchers, s. 50G6 %.
BALTIMORE. Jan. 4.-Oats scarce but quiet:
Southern, 3SG43c; Western, white 40G42c,
mixed 3Sg39c; Pennsylvania, 3S(942c. Provis-
ions steady but quiet; Pork.S SIS 80. Bulk meats