Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-03
REVIEW or THE CHICAGO MARKET.

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REVIEW or THE CHICAGO MARKET
CHICAGO, March 2-1ho bull sentiment which
peryadoi the corn crowd at the close yesterday
was sun active when the board opened this
morning All tho conditions were favorable Tor
AN advance to-day. Gables were firm, The cold
wave was working lts way south. receipts were
light, aud there was quite short interest IN the
market May corn opened isaac higher az
- C. and az once stare upward. In the nrst
hour II advanced steadily 10 &c., the reactions
on tho way up being very slight Trading was
very heavy, there being active buying both for
local ana outside account during the earlier part
of tho session. BY noon it looked "a though the
shorts were pretty well oyeDed up and just before
The cioss there was a large amount OF selling 70
realize. May ID OF 10 ~ &C. and closed az 5Zhc.
" heat was an unlntcresting market There was
q fair volume Of business traRsacied. hut trading
WAS mostly local and spaemodic. Nay opsued
firm and nc. higher AZ SlAc. aH' GA genofai
nuying advanced 10 Sic. reacted 7JAc., and
closed atS0ss 9sOl.c The mRrSet io' oats was OF
lo,al character. there was moderate trading In
May and June deliveries and prices exhibited ia
],c advance May closed At 5laAc. and June az
3i7tc Provisions were FLOW and attraction easter
on lard and shnrt-rits, but steady on pork. The
posting OF stocks were about c. n majority OF the
trade expected and had no effect on values. Tho
receipts ~ hogs were fair and prices Sc. lower
Nay PORK sold at slLO5 % Sl4.i5 and closed at
81 o. Lard for Nay sold a. g a ,, af7.s0 and
clo.eI at S15j. Sh0rt-ribs for Nay sold az SIS54a
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, ND. March 2.-COtton nominally
steady ami quit; mlddiing, i0Sc. Flour steady
with good dem8nd: HoUard-street and western
super. S2.6Gf2i5; do extra, Siat3.75: do. fsmi-
~. s4aiiJ0: city mills supef, t23,af36O; do. ex-
ira, Sjli3G5: DO. Rio brands, 4'5At3; Patapsco
superlatiye patent, $50; 90: family sllO.
Wheat-Southern steady and quiet; red. D0a98c.
amber. 92agjc. western higher aud quiet; No.
winter red spot, s. ass &C.: March. ssaSo &c
May, Oh All g. June. yl'sa9i4c. Corn-sOuth-
ern nrmsr; white. 5jajdbc; yellow Aa55c;
western higher, closing quiet; mixed spot. 5ih
5i7,c: March. 8 Ga54 &C.. April, 55Aa56c.; May,
G4a51 c. Oats steaiy and quiet; southern end
Pennsylvania, 3iai0c. western white, 4Uailc.
western mixed. &aGc. Rye Quiet aud steady at
65s50c. Hay easier; prime 10 choice western,
sl3asIL5Q Provisions steady with light demand /;
Mess-pork $3.50 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
ccar-riD sides packed, and sac. Bacon
shoulders, ~ sShc.; clear-rib sides, 0ac. hams.
l2aI2l,r Lard-Renned. sac. Butter irm:
western packed. lSa39c. creamery, 21a3lc Eggs
lower; fresh. lsal9c. lined, lOai2c. Petroleum
fs.eady: refined, nc. Coffee lower: hlo car
goes, ordinary % fair. llSal5c. sugar hrm;
a soft. 7c. copper-refned firm and active az l5a
1Gc. Whskoy steady at si.yiasi.2& freights 70
Liverpool per steamer dun; cotton, 3-lbd.; aour,
per ton, o. grain, 20.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-Flour quiet and un-
changei Wheat closed firm and unchanged
so. rod, cash. II AaSi9sc March closing atslAc.;
May SO as2'sc. Corn higher; cash. 4daibk c.;
March closiug at IS &C.; May, Az a4 sc. oats
higher: cash, so,.; May, '29Ec Whisky steady
at Sl.0o Provisions weak snd quiet Pork
New. Lljaili p. Lard. s7.45 Dry-salt meats
Shoulders thOxeli. il75; long clears. SDl2ba
$50. clear-r.r5, S.25asI&H; short clears, s. 80
long clears, s7.75a1S7h; clear-ribs. tl6hate;
short clears, sSassl2b. Hams, SlONasI2
LOUISVILLE.
D firm y rad
$50. Corn-NO. mixed, sic Oats-No. mixed.
33s.c Provisions quiet BacOn-Clear-riDs, 81
clear-sides, O. 80; shoulders, $3.50. Bnlkmeats-
Clear-ub Sides $40: clear-sides. fI65; shout
hams, Sil75asl29j. Lard-Ch0ice leaf. $685.
CINCINNATI.
CINcGNNATI, March e.--Flolr stesdy. Wheat
stronger; No. red, S5Ac. Corn stronger; No
mixed, 52a59kc Oats firm; No. mixed.
S8l4c Provision steady and unchanged. Wits
key steady al tl.09. Hogs easy; common and
light. i4ssj.30 packing aud butchers, tj.2Jas5bO.
WILMINGTON
WILMINGTON, March 2-Turpentins firm at
.87c. Resin firm; strained, SIZE; good. nHee.
Tar firm At sl.l5 Crude turpentine nrm; hard,
81; yelOw-dlp and virgin. t2l0
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES
NEW YORK, March 2-Cotton-Net and gross
receipts, $50 bales. Futures closed stoady at a
decline; sales. 2i6,sG0 bales. March. SO. e6a
SO %. April. SiO.b3atlO3f: Nay, 2lu42aalU ~;
June, $40 49atl0 90: July, t105gasl053: August
sl05lafl0.55; September, si003aSi0.04; October,
se.77af9.79; November, t967al9bo; December,
50 6sas9 80; January, tg.7ias976.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.MARRETS.
LIVERPOOL. March s-I3s0 p Motion quiet
and rather easier; uplands. 59lod.. Oreana
SD. sales 10 600 bales; speculation and export,
1859 bales: receipts, 600 bales; American dull.
Futures dull at decline: March aud April,
3i-6id.. also 32-G4d April and May. S3-64d. /;
May aud June, 3 cid. dune and July, 3s-6%A !;
July and August 3 39-6id.; August aud Sep
tember, 5 SJ-8ld.: September, 53s-64d.
2 r. M--Uplands, bhd.; Orleans. 59-i6d.
Sales, 200 American uplands: March. D 81 sd.
buyers; March and April, 3l-64d., buyers
April and May, S3.6id., buyers; May and
June. 85-Ad,, sellers: June aud July, 6-6id.,
sellers; July and August, 1894, buyers
August aud September. 5 39-Gid., sellers: Sep
TENDER and October. 3 2s-6id., value; Sepiem-
Der. 5 80 .6ld., sellers. Futures barely steady.
iP M-harch, 3i-64d.. buyers; starch and
April, 5 8l-6id.. buyers; April and May. 3S-6id
sellers; May and June, 8 3i-6id., buyers; June
and July S8-5id., buyers; July aud August,
5 3s-eid., sellers; August and september.
3s-6id., sellersi September and October.
5 G.6id., buyers; September, Ss-did, sellers.
Futures closed easy.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
Reported for tho Dispatch-l
MARCH 2-Market quiet and sales liberal q,
quotations. Large quantities OF stock stored IN
tho country awaiting shipment here. Prtine, 30.
Spanish, 2a2kc; factory hsnd-picked. akAAe