The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-06
New Orleans Pa

COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, March s. 1880 p m.-Cotton fat,
prices somewhat irregular; middling uplands
sgd middling Orleans 55Sd; sales 10, 600 bales
for speculation and export 1000 bales; receipts
5000 baleS-Amerlcau 4 100.
Futures-Uplands, low middling clause.
March delivery 27,64d; March and April q SD,
April and May 29-64d; May and June 30-64Q
81 -o4d: June and July 5 80 Cad; July and
August 3464d; August and September5 34-64d;
September 34-64d. Market easy.
The tenders of deliveries at to-day's clearings
amounted to 5000 bales new dockets and 1900
old dockets.
Up m.-Sales of the day included 7,7oc bales
American
Mlddling uplands Sgd, middling Orleans
9-16d.
Futures-Uplands, low middling clause, March
delivery 27-64d. buyers; March and April
27-61d, buyers; April and May 23-64d, sellers;
May and June 3064d buyers; June and July
81 Cad buyers; July and August S3-64d, buy
ers; August and September 5 34-64d. sellers;
September and October 24-64d, value; Septem-
Der 34-64d. value. Market dull.
p. MIXTURES: Upands, low middling
clause, March delivery 27-64d. sellers; March
2S-64d, buyers: May and June 29-64d, buyers;
June and July 31-64d, buyers; July and Au-
gust 33-64d, sellers; August and September
5 33-64d, sellers; September and October 23-64d
sellers; September 33-64d, sellers. Market
closed easy.
New YoRK, March 5, noon.--Cotton easy; mid.
ding uplands 10 5-16c, mddling Orleans 10 7-l6c;
sales III bales.
Futures-Market opened easy, with sales as
follows: March delivery 10 06c: April 10 23c;
May 10 32c; June 10 39c; July 10 ACC; August
10 42c.
500 D. m.-Market closed unsettled; middling
uplands 10 Bloc, middlng Orleans 10 7-16c; sales
to-day 10 bales; net receipts 600 bales, gross
| 9,199
Futures-Market closed steady with sales of
AL, 800 bales, as follows March delivery 95
| az CSC, April 10 01110 02c, May 10 09010 Ice
June 10 1910 nc. July 10 1870 19c, August
| 10 22010 23c September 1903 Soc October 62
90 &c, November 54Q9 55c, December $50
| 8 soc, January 8 6209 64c.
| Messrs. Hubbard. Price & Co. cotton circu-
| lar of to-day says: Trading in the Exchange
| to-day has been the largest on record and it
has been veritabe Waterloo for the bull in
| terest which was relentlessly sold out by
| brokers as margins became exhausted. Sales
| foot up AL 900 bales, and closing prices show
decline of 30 points from those of Saturday.
| Fluctuations have been violent. The few re-
actions lent steadneSs at times, but each ad-
vance was lost by persistent selling. Three
failures were announced. The opening at
a decline of points, and the highest prices of
the day were paid on first call The close is
steady with hope, and feeling that the worst
is over"
GALVESTON. March 5.-Cotton quiet: mid
ding $3.50; net receipts 553 bales, gross 553;
sales 209 bales; stock 19lS3 bales exports,
coastwise 3iS5 bales.
NORFOLK March 5-Cotton quiet; middling
934c; net receipts 1881 bales gross 1881; sales
- bales: stock IS, COB bales; exports, coastwise
S26 bales.
BALTIMORE, March 5-Cotton nominal: mid
ding 1014c net receipts none, gross l,062 bales;
sales none stock Is, 72 bales; exports, coastwise
307 bales
BosroN, March 5.-Cotton quiet and easier;
middling 1016c; net receipts 302 bales, gross
1909; sales none; stock none.
WnMINeToN, March 5.-Cotton nominal; mid
ding 10 l6c; net receipts 81 bales gross 81;
sales none; stock $685. bales.
PHILADELPHIA, March 5.--Cotton quiet; mid
ding 102sc net receipts 10 bales gross 10; stock
25, $40 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, March 5.--Cotton irregular;
middling l1-16c; net receipts 5943 bales. gross
7,54S; sales 1000 bales; stock 300, SS6 bales ex-
ports to Great Britain 646S bales, to France
6 ,926 bales, to the continent 955 bales.
MOBILE, March 5.-Cotton nominal middling
934c; net receipts 115 bales, gross 1872; sales
none; stock 29,741 bales; exports. coastwise 400
bales.
MEMPHIS, March 5.-Cotton quiet: middling
csc; receipts 2,279 bales; shipments 8 1853 bales
sales 800 bales; stock 107, 026 bales.
AUGUSTA, March 5.-Cotton quiet; middling
e56c; receipts 1928 bales; sales 245 bales.
CHARLESTON, March 5--Cotton at a stand ;
mddling 101Sc; net receipts COL bales, gross
$751; sales none bales; stock %, ga bales exports
coastwise 025 bales.
ATLANTA, March 5.-Cotton steady; middlng
914c: receipts q bales
new YORK, March 5.-Consolidated net receipts
for all cotton ports to-day II, 304 bales; exports
to Great Britain 20, 981 bales, to France 6s4, to
the continent 3,21l bales stock at all American
ports 796,472 bales.
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES ETC.
LIVERPOOL, March 8, noOn.-Wheat quiet
with poor demand; holders offer freely. Corn
dull with poor demand mixed Western Is nd
New YORK, March ;, on-Flour steady and
quiet. Wheat opened a shade lower but ad
Vanced. Corn firm and moderately active. Pork
heavy; mess Sl51l5 p. Lard easier at S. 0214
Freights dull.
5p. m.-Flour, Southern steady and quiet;
common to fair extca 50 406t4 90. good to choice
extra 81 1905 90. Wheat-options closed firm;
cash about 15c higher and moderately active for
export; No 2 red. March delivery 9044g016c
April 81 Gt9l5sc, May 9119M92c. Conceptions
closed unsettled, with speculation more active;
spot stronger but very quiet; No ,, May delivery
| 5994a61c; June 4@6034c, July 6O06iAc. Oats
14G136c higher, with more doing; NO. 2, March
delivery 351sG35Lac No, white May $3.50
4O5c No. spot 5o14 l3s34c, mixed Western 80
0140c Hops in light demand Coffee, fair Rio
nominal; options heavy and $1,000 points lower;
No. Rio, March delivery 10 601lo SJc, April
| 10 40dLlO Soc, May 10 5000 soc, June 10 90
10 soc. Sugar quiet; far refining SIC; refined
dull Molasses weak: 80 test bed at 2)16c.
Proleurn steady refined 7$zc at all points, crude
in bbls 65A61T15c Cotton seed oil. Doc for crude
and 41c for refined. Southern onions 1919 12Ic.
Hides quiet but steadily held. Wool steady
and quiet; domestic fleece 22lI8c, pulled ij0
CSC Texas !3022c. Pork steady. Beef quiet.
Beef hams steady Tierced beef dull. Cut meats
steady; picked bellies Nc Niddles dull. Lard
firm but only moderately active: Western steam
closing at 81 97l10s 90, March delivery 81 920
93, May 81 9S07 90; refined quiet Freights
dull; cotton I'D grain I'D
=CHIcAGo, March b,-The opening on Change
was devoid of any special feature, first sales
being at about the same figures as Saturdays
close. For short period general weakness
prevailed, fractional declines being scattered.
Operators, however. were inclined 10 go slow,
and before the first hour had passed a decided
change came over tho grain pits. Under the
lead Of corn activity opened up and the whole