The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-20

6.s5c; February. 69oc. Sugar quiet and firm;
refined quiet and steady: c. SIC al &c: white
extra G, &C; yellow So a &c. off A. 6 GIG 06ac
mold A, g. a re: standard A, &c; confectioners'
A, TIC; powdered, TIC. Rice steady and demand
fair.
Petroleum steady; United closed at 99sc Tai
low steady at 5lse Turpentlne dull at 33c
Eggs firm and in fair inquiry; receipts g 438
packages.
Pork quiet but steady family mess, $11 25. Beef
dull; terce beef nominal; city extra India mess
l7019c. Cut meats firm; picked bellies, CT q 6ac:
picked hams 104 a 10kc. Lard dull Western
steam, spot, 6 4006.42ac; October, 6 80 at 38c;
November. GAL a 6. 42c; December, 639 4Ic
January, 647c; March, 660c; April, .6s 06 zoe;
city packed, g. 30c.
Butter dull aud easy; Western, 80123c
Cheese firm, demand light.
Copper steady and quiet; lake, 11sc. Other
articles unchanged
CHICAGO, Sept. 19-Wheat showed an inn
provement to-day in both demand and prices.
About all the influences attending the market
were OF 'bullish" tendency and brought about
t0advance In accordance These influences
were at times very strongly marked The early
advance OF &c or SO was largely on re-
ported prairie fires. said to be raging
over several counties in Dakota and doing con-
siderable damage to wheat. This talk started
very general buying, the local crowd being led
by several large firms. The purchases by these
firms were particularly heavy. The receipts,
Selng lighter thar !, expected were an additional
help to the bulls" Toward noon it became
very generally reported that Monday nights Wis
ible supply report would show a decrease of
about 500 900 bushels, and on this there was
additional buying. The advance was of steady
character. and aggregated shade over 1c, the
whole tone of the market being strong VI til well
along toward the close, when values receded
! q lc on sales to realize. The decline, however,
was subsequently recovered and the close was
steady and firm at the outside quotations for the
day. Corn showed very few, if any, features,
and was only moderately traded in. Offerings
were not particularly heavy and there
were few orders of any size to FILL
Fluctuations were within very narrow
limits and the close quiet Oats were
range of prices, the market sagging down for
want of support. Provisions were quiet and
sharply higher, soon after the opening, on an
influx of buying orders from the South and local
account, in sympathy with the advance in wheat,
October pork selling % higher than yesterdays
closing, but on the partial withdrawal of the
buying element from the market there was a
gradual but slight settling back in prices Lard
was quiet and ribs slow at about yesterdays
figures
Flour was quiet and unchanged
Wheat opened easy at last nights closing fig
ures, advanced &c, ruled steady for while, and
then advanced sharply lc additional, receded &c,
1uctuated, advanced and closed well up to the
OUTSIDE prices. Inc safes ranged: september
S04 oslo, closing at S1s OSLO; October, 81s a
S24c closing at S2s 0823c; November, 49,! q 84ac,
closing at SAGE; December, 85s a Sole, closing at
$685. May, 92a q 935c, closing at 93ac; No.
spring, Sls q SIC; No. spring. 70 073ac; No 2
red, 86ac; No. red, SAC.
Corn ruled weaker with slight fluctuations
The receipts were larger and the weather favor
able for maturing the crop. September closed
&c lower, and October &c lower than yesterday
and the other futures easier. Cash, 421 042sc;
September, 424 a 43c, closing at 42a q 425c; Octo-
per Az 0423c, closing at AS % 42c November,
500 q 39sc, closing at 39ac.
Oats were dull and easy. closing S0sc lower,
the latter for September; cash, 253 q 254c; Sep
TENDER, 25a 025ac, October, % 025sc; May.
285c. Rye was firm at 56ac. Barley was quiet;
No g. Tic; No. 3, 45c.
Flaxseed was steady; No l, $1.2l01.21I.
In mess pork tie trading was fairly active;
early in the day prices advanced 20022ac re-
coded 100122c, and closed steady; cash. So 90
90; October, So S71 0910, closing at So. OH 9;
November So. rs 1885, closing at So. 80 a 8. S2!!;
year, So 70. Lard was quiet but firm; cash,
223 a. Zoe; October 6.224 a Zoe: November,
6.123 06 15c; December 6.12Ec. Boxed meats
steady; drysaited shoulders, 3. rs "a 00c; short
rib sides, 5. III 05. SOC: short clear Sides 6.1O
ollie
Whisky was firm at $1.10.
Sugar stronger Cut-loaf, u &c., granulated,
73c; standard A, TIC.
On the Produce Exchange butter ruled dull
and weak creamery, 15020ac; dairy, II a l8c.
Eggs firm at 16c.
Receipts-Flour, 5000 brls; wheat 40, 900 bu:
corn, 10000 bu oats, $4,000 blu; rye, 5000
Blu; barley, $500 Blu. Shipments-Flour, 5000
brs; wheat. 81. 900 bu; corn. lib 600 bu; oats,
las, 600 bu; rye. LOCO blu: barley. 1S, 600.