St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-29
The Bulls Of the Exchanges On Hand
Bright and Early Yes
terday.
Grain and Provisions Open Firm and
Higher, and Hlod the Advance
Throughout the Day.
Figuring on the Visible Supply--Cat-
tie Shade Lower--Hogs Score
an Advance.
A Strong Stock Market in the Morn
ing, Closing Weak--Good De-
nand for Money.
Chicago.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-The market for lead
Ing articles on change to-day opened frm
and higher, and then fell off, but afterward
advanced under local speculative influence
and war rumors. Closing prices, as COM
pared with those on Thursday, show an adj
vance of %01c on wheat, &c on corn, ~
@1Oc on mess pork, 21ac on lard and sc on
short rib sides. Trading, however, was
only moderate and mainly local. The
wheat pit was not half filed to-day, and
the men who did stand in and try to trade
acted and looked as if they had not shaken
off Christmas drowsineSS. If there had not
been an unexpected
ACTIVITY IN WALL STREET,
and if all the wild stories about gold flowing
out of the country had not been disproved,
there is no telling what the few traders
would have done. In the forenoon the
figurers started out putting to-night's visible
supply figures at about $50, 900 bushels de-
crease. BY noon these figures had been so
decreased that almost everybody on the floor
figured out a small decrease. Prices opened
strong, but the feeling afteward became
bearish and a drop followed. At the de-
cline the demand more than kept pace
with the offerings, and with the aid of war
reports. prices shot up to the highest ones
OF the day, but the trading was light and
mainly of a local scalping nature. January
opened at sage and closed at SAGE, and
the whole range was S47s@S5c. May sold
at and between 9075@9119c, with 90Tc the
opening and 81 95@911Ic the closing. De-
cember sold at S4@S45sc, closing at S4Ic.
February sold at 9455@S535c, and closed at
S58c. Corn was quiet, and during the
early part of the session weakness prevailed,
and slight decline in prices occurred. The
offerings were small, and later in the session
there was a little more demand, and as
wheat
SHOWED INCREASED STRENGTH
corn followed, and advanced 35@19c from
inside figures and closed firm. Receipts
were good but shipments moderate. Year
ranged at 36@3619c, and closed at o'clock
at 3619c; January at 35X@36$5c, and
closed at $500; May at 80 q @3915c, and
closed at 1913 @3919c. Compared with the
1 o'clock close of Thursday, year was Nc
higher, January 35c and May nc.
Provisions were tolerably active early, but
during the major part of the session quiet
ness prevailed. Prices kept within small
range and as a rule were firm, closing
ct an advance on the figures cur
rent at the adjournment of change
OIL IhuISuay OIL re (O luc on mess pork, S12c
on lard and sc on short rib sides. Mess
pork for February opened at S1O.O5 and
closed at SO, and sales were at $9.9719@
1905; March closed at 5000 and May at
S10.3215. Lard for February closed at
S6.05 and opened at S6.071a. Short ribs for
February kept at $4.9215 all day. On the
short afternoon board the close was almost
Identical with the close at 1 o'clock. Janu-
airy wheat stopped at SIC. February at ssh
@S55sc, May at 913s@9115c. year corn at
S6Bc, January 5000, May 39Mc; January
pork $3.50, May S1O.37119, May oats 3111c.
PETER BERKEY, Pres. F. W. ANDERSON, Cashier.
c. w. GRIGGS, V. Pres. A. C. ANDERSON, Asst. C.
THE ST. PAUL NATIONAL BANK,
CAPITAL, 100000.
Corner Fifth and Jackson streets.