Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-27

IT times reached high piteH proeS4
late. hisbes. ssId or ~. fnstsnl>4
sspisiIy, Ard slo.e,i sScat the same g
Yesterday March. ,75,s77.e.; tpr0,
7sss77.c MSy, so4aS24e.; No. >
rel, So,c. Cora unsstiisd and gVv~
erness isreeis by the course Of whcst
opened ,a.c. higher and, elcssd absse
the same a. yesterday; cash, 3sIa
40Ic.; March. 3sa5sic.; April. 5ssJStc.;
May. li,a4.sc. Oats dull and close1
laie. under yesterday cash. Eta
sole. March and April. Js.aSsc-:
Mar, 81 !a3Ilc. Ness pork unsettled
and opened l2ic. higher. bat declined
CSC. and rallied i7lc., closing streag;
cash, sI2asl:.o5; May, tli.o1h
sie.2sI. Lard quiet AMI steady, bss
= shade higher cash and April, e6ssSs
s6.sTl; May, s6.s7ias6.95. Boxed
meats in good demand dry-ssltc1
shoulders. s4.5easi.G0; short r'bs.
sGst6.02y /; clear, s6. 35asC.+0. Whis-
key firm at ellis. Sugars unchanged.
REVIEW or rmE CHICAGO MARKETS.
CHICAGO, March 26,--The lcsdisg
articles on Change to day were msre
unsettled than usual, owing 10 the Hue
tustions in British censols, but wee
quite active ami IN the ma'a fairly
steady. Trading was on lsrgcr
scale and not confined entirely to tscsS
operators. az for some days past. i'rs-
visions, also, were setive aud strong
Wheat opened fairly firm at an advssee
OF lslc. ever Yesterdays closing prices
and made quick advance OF To-. bat
on advancing consols s0on began 70
down, turn, and fell OFT &c. FROM cut
side points. then ilrmed up on short
covering to n poin. .allc. above the
bottom and remained there quite steads-
ly. The only affecting causes IN the
market were consols. nothing else bcsss
talked Of, and the market quickly re-
sponded 90 the varying quotations. 70
these securities. The close Of tho
morning session was steady and SUR
eee,ied by An excited aud strong market
in the afternoon. Corn was tSity
active and shade higher early IN the
day. but by noon had been pulled dows
nearly a cent by like movement il
wheat. only to recover &c. n the feeling
elsewhere became less bearish. The es-
trcmc range in seller, May, was lc.
At o'clock all futures we're about
tim. Oats were inactive and irregu-
larly lower, being helped 90 these css-
ditions by more or less depression -
the other grains, The range was only
&c. Provisions were fairly traded in,
opening steady aud firm at al advance
of loo. over yesterdays close, but sosa
becoming heavy on liberal offerings Asd
declining 25c, from outside points,
again recovering and regsining half the
decline Tor pork. There was al advance
OF l2iai5c. in the afternoon.
MILWAUKEE.
MINIATURES, March 90. -- Flour
firmly held. Wheat firm; No. cash
and April, Toc. Corn scarce and
wanted No. >. leBc. Oats in fair
den,and No. ., SIC. Provisions
higher. Mcss-pork, sl2 cash and
March. Lard Prime steam, a6.se
cash and March. Hogs higher at s4.4es
si.70.
COTTON MARKETS.
NORFOLK, VA, March 26.-Cottsa
quiet; mlddling, i0ie. Net rescipts,
$50 bales gross receipts. $50 bales !;
stock, l4.TI3 bales sales. l3 bales.
WILMINGTON. n. c., March %
Cotton quiet; miidling. l0sc. Net
receipts, 1853 bales; gross receipts,
i59 bales; sales, ---.
| SAVANNAH, GA, March 26.-Ost-
ton steady middling. l0sc. Net re-
ccipts, $40 bales gross receipts, So
bales sales, 700 bales stock, 20,ITl
bales.
AUGUSTA, GA, March 26.--Cot-
ton dull /; middIing, l0sc. Receipts,
liz bales; shipments, -; sales,
Is bales.
| CHARLESTON, s. c., March 20.
Cotton nominal middling, l0lc. Not
receipts, SsS bales gross receipts.
SSs bales; sales, - bales; stock,
Is, 1865 bales.
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
NEW YORK, March 26.-Cottoa--
, Net receipts, ~ bales; gross receipts,
1886 bales. Futures closed steady
sales. 90, 800 bales March, sil.i%a
sll.l5; April, sll.0Sasll.09 May.
sll.2lasll.22; June, sll.34aSl IS ;
July, Oil. 40asll.41; August. >ll.Ns
sll.4S; September, sll.l3a$ll.H
October, sl0.64asl0.65; November.
slO. 48asl0.49; December, Sls.&Is
$l0.48.