Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-05
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, December 4.-Cotton duh
sales, 33s bales; uplands, 97.lSc.: Orleans
g5,c; consolidated net receipts, ,3O2
bales; exporis-io Great Britain, 11,6s9
bales: 10 France, 2,6ss bales; to the Con-
tinent, 1925 bales. Weekly statement
net, l,62l bales; gross, Al 900 bales; ex.
poIts-to Great Britain, g,5l2: bales: Ia
France, 1865 bales; 70 the Continent,
27O4 bales; saes-spinners 2, $40 bales
81 Ock, 1876 So3 bales. Southern flour steady.
Wheat-spot about lc. higher; ungraded
red, sOa9gc. No. z red, nominal, 96c.; De-
ccmber. 94Lag53.c. Coru-Spot ad yanced 4
a4c. closing steady; No. 2, 81 .a53 &C.; De-
cember 52La53lZc. Oats ., IA c. lower
No. 2, 35l.c. Hops duh aud unchanged.
Coflee-spot fair; Rio arm at ss.25; No. 7
Rio, spot, S6.7O; December, s7.3Oas7.7O.
Sugar firm; fair to good refining.
5 7-lea5 9-l6c.; refined steady. Molasses
steady and quiet. Rice firm. Cotton seed
oil use. for crude, SIc. for refined. Resin
duh. 1urpentine firm at 343Ic Hides
steady. Wool steady. Pnrk quiet and
very steady; mess, s9.75aslO.25; middles
duh. Lard opened shade lower; adj
ysucod &C., closing firm spot, $685.; De-
cember s6.94as6.57. Freghts hrmer.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, December 4.-Flour easy
and quiet; HOwsrd-street and western
superiiue, s2.72aS3; extra, s3.25ssi; fami-
~, s4.25as5; City.Mills superfine, 81. 5Oa
So: eXtra. s350as4.l5; Rio brands. S475a
S4.S7. WheRt-Southern strong and quiet F:
western easy and dull; southern red, 96a
orc; amber, 9scasl; No. western win
ter red. spot, December. s9a90ac. Corn
Southern steady and quiet; western steady
and more active: southern white and yell
low, 45aIec. Oats firm; southern and Penn.
sylysnia. S5a3sc. western white, 37a3sc. /;
mixed 35a36c. Provisions steady, Mess.
pork, slO.25. Observation-Disclosures and
clear sides, packed A. and 9 &c. Bacon
shoulders, 5Lc.; cear-rib sides, &c. Hams
l1sllhc. LGrd-Refned, 7,c. Coffee dull /:
Rio caIgoes, ordinary TO fair, s75Oass rs.
Sugar firm; A, soft, &c. Whiskey steady
at sl.l9asl.20. Freights dull.
CHICAGO.
CHICA GO, December 4.-Flour unchanged.
Wheat advanced &C. at the opening: closed
&c. higher than yesterday: December. STA
6eLc.; January, e71as0Ac. May, 921a
Gaze; No. 2 red, 92c. Corn firner closing
ha5Ec. higher; cash. 4l1za4lszc.: Deem
Der and all the year. 4l1sa42c.; May, 40lsc.
Oats dull and heavy, closing shade lower
cash, 29c.; December 2ska2oc.; January.
2eAa2s1-c. Hess-pork ruled &c. lower
early; rallied leal5c. closed steady: cash,
ss.s0ass.s5 for old; s9.75as9.s0 for new
January, s9.77Sass. 95; February, s9.90a
SIO.O71z. Lard quiet and steady cash S6a
s6.O2I5 January. ss.o7sas6. I2Iz; Februs-
~. s6.l5sS6.20. Boxed meats quiet; dry
salted shoulders, s3.7oas3.75; short-rib
s4eCssi.s5 clear, s5.l0as5.l5. Whisky
HFlu atel.lO.
REyIEw or THE CHICAGO MARKET.
CHICAGO, December 4.-The wheat mar
ket was badly excited To. day, ruling very
strong at times. closing almost buoyant and
lkc. higher than yesterday. Various causes
were ascrlbed for the advance, among
which were the prospect OF the extension OF
hostiiities IN the Balkans 10 the larger DOW
ers, and the market falling of in receipts
at primary points. A. reported blizzard in
the Northwest also bad q firming effect.
opening. The offerings were large,
prices declining &c. on reported
weak cables. About noon, however,
prices advanced laiJc.. eased on again.
and finally closed on the regular Board &c.
higher than yesterday. Ia the evening the
"shorts" were in q sort OF panic, May ad-
vaDcing 10 o5l4c.. the highest price paid
since the recent sharp declines; shaded a
fraction, and finally closed within &c. OF the
highest price OF the day. There was open
and undisguised buying By some large ope-
rators and tears OF manipulation made the
situation very nervous at times during the
latter half OF the session, a great many
shorts running to cover, owing to the
scarcity, Of offerings. January wheat
which closed at soc. on Change, was after.
wards offered at es7kc. on the eurb. There
was more speculative trading In corn, and
prices ruled higher all round; all year corn
advanced &c. and closed 20. higher; Janua.
~ CAoctu ~ may ~ hlSlcf. Oats easier
and closed shade lower. Ness pork de.
clined sc. early. rallied l0alsc., and closed
steady. Lard declined 21sc. and closed
steady.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LoUIs, December i.-Flour steady
Wheat quiet and unsettled: No. z red, cash
94tae4tc.: december. 94l.s95ssc. Corr
closed firm and Nc. higher; No. mixed
cash. S44sssc. December Ssssasi4c. oats
dull; No. mixed. cash, 2sa30c. options
nominal. Provisions steady with good con-
sumptive demand. Pork-s9.25 for old: $40
new. Lard nominal at s.. 95. Boxed dry-s2
ed meat-Long clear, st.s5ass.s7x; short.
rib, s4.e5: clear, $40. Bacon Long clear
50 % short-rib. so.7oass.5a; clear so.7ss
$500.
CINCINNATI.
CfxcISSArI. December 4.--Flour firmer
family, s4.loasA.40. Wheatstronser: No. 1
red, 9ba06c. Corn dull; No. 3 mixed. new
see. Oats firm: No. 3 mixed, SIG. porh
firm sl0.25. Lard dull ~ ts.9ssss. bulk
meats steady and unchanged. Bacon arm