Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-28
dun, tlsa~2z.s0; good bright, e1ja
$50 very good bright, t32setO; 6nsto
fancy. t46aa60.
xARxsrs BY TELzoRAPH.
NEW YORK.

aS4.25; good 10 ciioice extra. SfsoVs
$3.50. Wheat-Spot lalic. higher !;
ungrsded white, 92c.: No. 2 red,
April, 9Osa9llc.; May, 92la93c.
Corn--Spct shade stronger un-
graded, 49a50c. ungraded white.
53}c. No. 9 March, 5ea5Ogc. Oats
lalc. lower aud fairly active; No. 2,
37lc. Hops dull and unchanged. Cof-
fee-Spot fair; Rio quiet at 1878;
No. ] Rio, spot, and April, s7.25.
Sugar unchanged and quiet; fair to
good refining, 4sa4sc.; refined quiet ;
c, 4Sa4ic. extra G. 5a5lc.: white
extra C, 5ia5sc.; yellow, 4la4lc.;
off a." 7-l6c. mould "a" &c. /;
standard "a" 5sc.; confectioners'
A" S 13-l6a5sc.; cut-loaf and
crushed, 6 7-l6a6Ae.; powdered, ia
6lc.; graduated, &C.; cubes. G 7-l6c.
Molasses steady; refining. lSc. Rice
firm. Cotton-seed oil, 33la3jc. for
crude; 40c. for refined. Rosia dull at
s1.2Oasl.2ll. Turpentine dull at 32lc.
Hides steadily held /; New Orleans and
Texas, selected. l0a10lc. Wool dull
and barely steady; domestic fleece, %
a37c. Texas, l4a29c. Pork firmly
held mess. spot. 1925. Middles
dull long clear, CSC. Lard opened a
shade stronger. closed weak; contract
grade, spot. sI.l1l; April. s'.lIs
s7.lS. Freights firm.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, March 2I.-Flour
higher and fairly active for lower
grades Howard-street and western
superfine. s2.75as3; extra. s3.25a
1896; family, 90. S5as4.75; City Mills
superfine. s2.75asS; extra, s3.25a
1886; Rio brands, s4.62as4.75.
Wheat--Southern higher western
higher and dull southern red. 92a93c. {;
amber, 9Slc.asl; No. | Maryland,
93c. asked; No. 2 western winter red,
spot. sSa8S3c. Corn--Southern higher
and firm western higher and inactive ;
southern white, SAFE; yellow, 5la
SIC. Oats steady and firm; southern,
35a3sc. western white. 37a3Sc. mix
ed, 35a36c.; Pennsylvania, 36a3Sc.
Provisions steady, with moderate in
quiry. Mess pork, sl3.50asl3.15.
Observation-Disclosures and clear rib
sides, packed. SEC. and nc. Bacon
Shoulders. 6ic.; clear-rib sides, &c.
Hams, llIal3c. Lard--Refned. Sic.
Coffee steady and dull Rio cargoes,
ordinary to fair. s7.7jasS.75. Sugar
quiet A soft, &c. whiskey steady at
81. 20asl.2l. Freights dull.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, March 2I.-Flour
shade higher: family, sSb0as4
fancy. s4.l0aS4.40. Wheat stronger
No. red, 8GaS7c. Corn in good de-
mand; No. . mixed, 45c. Oats steady
No. 2mixed, 34c. Pork quiet at sl2.25a
$3.50. Lard firmer at $500. Bulk
meats firm; shoulders, s4.15; short
rib, s6.20as6.25. Bacon iirmer
shoulders, 1904 short rib, sI.l2t
clear, s7.37l. Whiskey firm at sl.l3.
Sugar unchanged. Hogs firm com-
mon and light, s3.65as4.65; packing
and butchers, o.. 25as4.S5.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, March 21.-Flour quiet
and steady. Wheat unsettled; price,
opened higher; quickly declined ic.,
amid considerable excitement, and
closed very nearly the same a. yester.
day March, 163a1Sc.: April, ga
ISLE; May, Sl4aSSc. ; No. 2 red,
SOIaSlc. Corn more quiet and steady
closed about the same as yesterday
cash, 3SIc.; March and April. 5Ssa
3Slc.; May, 42sa42sc. Oats steady,
prices showing very little change ;
cash, 2Sa3Olc. /; March and April,
28c. May. 3lIa3lic. Pork active ;
advanced 20a25c. early; receded lOa
l5c.; rallied again; closed steady ;
cash and April. sl2. 25asl2.30; May,
l1.25asl2.4O. Lard firm, closing q
a5c. higher; cash and April. s6.S5o
s6.S73; May, sG.92IasG.97l. Boxed
meats firm dry-salted shoulders, $3.50
as4.60; short ribs. Sc. ljas6. 20; clear,
s6.55as6.6O. Whiskey firm at sl.l5.
Sugars firm; standard A, &c. granu-
lated, CSC.
REVIEW OF THE CHICAGO MARKETS.
CHICAGO, March 27.-On Change
to-day values were unsettled, with ex-
traordinary activity at the opening. with
numerous buying orders, and the high
est prices Of the day were current. At
the opening speculative trading was
about the average. outsides entering
quite well. As yesterday, little was
talked Of but consols and war. Wheat
was nervous and unsettled early in the
day, opening anywhere around S3c. for
May. June was steadier at sac. This
quickly declined on the absence Of vio-
lent war-dispatches &c.. but subse-
quently strengthened and advanced ic.
Asusual the affecting causes were con.
soils and war-news the former were
unsettled. being alternately quoted q
shade higher and then lower. The
market quickly responded to these con
ditions. Corn held quite steady. with
fluctuations confined to narrow limits
Toward the close there was not very
much attention paid to it; No. 2 cash
sold at 40sa4lc. The general course
Of the market was about the same as in
wheat, the fluctuations being induced
by the same causes. Oats were very
lightly traded in and moved but slight
ly one way or the other. No outsid,
orders were on the floor. Provisions
opened firm and active at an advance o.
TIC. in pork and &c. in lard but after
a further slight advance the market be
came heavy under free offerings and tn
bearish effects of leading houses. break
ing off in an irregular way l5c. frou
the top price in pork, but later recov
ering, and closing at outside figures
Trade was moderately large, but de
veloped no particular feature.
LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, March 2T.--Whea
steady and unchanged: No. 2 red, s5c
Corn - No. 2 white, 46lc. Oats.
No. 2 mixed. Csc. Provisions high