The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-25

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willie & Nash, S9ls Missouri Pacific. sS3s
Mobile 4 Ohio. llA Cotton Oil certih 30ss
Nash. & Chatta.. 1Sl9
IBID. ASKED
LIVERPOOL, Feb ~, 1890 p. m.-Cotton quiet
and without quotahle change in prices: middljr.
uplands 9-16d, middling Orleans 5Ssd; sales
@u,OO bales, for speculation and export 1000
bales; receipts q, 900 bales American 22O00.
tuures-U pands, low middlng clause.
February and March delivery s36id; April and
May H-64d; June and July 80 Odd; July and
August i06id; August and September Il-0id.
Market dull but steady
The tenders of deliveries at to-day's clearings
amounted 10 800 bales new dockets.
Sales for the week $4,000 bales American
$1,000 bales; spectators took 4,s00 bales; ex-
porters took $500 bales forwarded from ships
side direct to spinners 81 200 bales; actual cX-
port $500 bales; total imports 1900 bales
American GO. 900 bales total stock S41 900 bales
American $4,000 bales; total aloat 1s6,O0-
American 1901 600 bales
p. m.-Sales of the day were $500 bales of
American.
Futures-Uplands low middlinr clause, Feb.
ruary delivery 33-6id, buyers; February and
sellers; April and May 85-6ld, buyers; May
and June 31-64d. buyers; June and July 30 Gid,
value; July and August Il64d, sellers; Au-
gust and September 4l-64d, sellers; September
! 3 4l-64d, value. Market quiet but steady.
p. MIXTURES; Uplands, low md1ing
clause, February delivery sSS6ld, sellers; Feb
ruary and March 33-64d. sellers; March and
sellers May and June 3 31-6ld, sellers; June
and July 396id, sellers; July and August
B 40-6Id buyers; August and September 4o6id,
buyers; September 4064d, buyers, Market
closed barely steady
New York. Feb. "a, noon.-Cotton firm; mid
ding uplands 10 9-1Bc, middling orleans
10 Ice; sales 100 bales
Futures-Market opened steady, with sales as
follows EahrfInrX 1RlfUarV -
April 10 soc; May 10 Ole; June 10 Csc; July
10 69c.
500 D. m.-Marlet closed firm midJ'ing
uplands 10 9l6c, middling OrleaIf 10 d! i6c;
sales to-day 200 bales; Est and groe r' -eipts
1920 bales
Futures-Market closed quiet, with sales Of
10000 bales, as follows: February delivery
10 47c, March 10 52@ 10 33c, April 10 800 10 G0c,
May 10 Ode, June 10 ,3c. July 10 74d 10 i5c, Au-
gust 10 nc, September 10 25c, October 900
9 03c, November 9 S2GD0 S3c, December . $40
9 Sic, January . $500 9Oc.
Weekly net receipts at New York $3.50
bales, gross 32 SO6, exports, to Great Britain
Is, 582 bales, to France lS7 TO the continent
$3.50; forwarded s0s3 bales; sales $40 bales;
spiuners 924 bales; stock pa. 231 bales.
GALVESTON, Feb. A.-Cotton quiet; middling
93tc.
NonFoLK, Feb. 24.-Cotton steady; middling
10c.
BALTIMORE Feb. 24-Cotton nominal; mid
ding l0ssc.
BosroN, Feb. 24-Cotton quiet; middling
10Asc.
WILMINoroN, Feb. H.-Cotton steady; mid
PHILADrlPmA Feb. 94.-COtton quiet; mid
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. a4.-Cotton firm; mid.
ding $3.50.
MOBILE, Feb. 24-Cotton dull; middling
MEMPHIS, Feb. 24.-Cotton quiet; middling
AUGUSTA, Feb. 4.-Cotton steady; middling
CHARLESTON, Feb 94-Cotton nominal; mid
ding l01sc.
M2coN, Feb. 4-Cotton dull; middling
9S8c.
'GoLuMnus, Feb. 2i.--Cotton quiet but steady
middling 9S6c.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 2i--Cotton easy; middling
934c
ROME Feb. Pa Cotton quiet; middling 934c
ATLANTA. Feb 2i-Cotton closed quiet.
New HoRK, Feb. demonstrated net receipts
for all cotton ports to-day 464 bales; exports.
to Great Britain q ,772 bales to the continent
2544; stock at all American ports s50,572 bales.
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES. ETC
bIvERrooI, Feb. "a 1890 p. m.-Wheat easy;
demand poor; holders offer freely; California
No / Is cd: red Western spring Is 6dGHGs Sd.
receipts of wheat for the past three days were
las, 900 centals, including A. 900 American Corn
dull; demand poor; new mixed Western 4s 919d;
receipts of American corn Tor The past three
days were 1880 centals.
New YoRK, Fen "a, noon.-Flour dull and
heavy. Wheat better Corn lower. Pork firm;
mess $15 25615 so. Old mess pork Sl5 600
10 25 Lard easy at So %. Freight, steady.
800 d. -Wheat-cash firm AID more active
for export; options ruled veal cnty and de
clined 1{m86c, subsequently strengthened and
advanced 5s0176c, closing firm at about the best
prices; speculation fairly active; No, red,
| March delivery s9151 903sc. May 9036d9ilS 50,
closing 81 Ac; June 90M@91c, closing Ole. Corn
cash a shade easier but very quiet; options
opened Aa3sc lower, later reacted asGt'Ee,
closing firm after moderate buslnesei ": ?,
March delivery 5S3605834c, NAV Fed,3e7 .c,
closing 5S34c; June b71Bc closinss ~ - oats
opened AMAc lower, closed firm with decline
recovered; No. 2, March and May delivery 37db
3IL4c: No. 2 spot 3714W3Sc; mixed Western 300
43c Hops quiet and unchanged. Coffee fair
Rio. nominal; options fairly active and 3OD40
points higher; No. Rio. February delivery II 20
all 75c, March II 009l1 35c, May 10 sOQl1 20c,
June 10 SO0il 1Oc, July 10 50110 75c Sugar
firm fair refining 1880; refined steady.
Molasses dull; 50 test 9Oc. Cotton seed oil quiet
at 36c for crude, 41GE42c for refined. Southern
eggs 20612116c. Hides steady. Wool firm but
and unchanged Beef quiet. Beef hams steady.
! Tierced beef quiet. Cut meats weak; picked
bellies 7}ic. bellies INC; Nj leg nominal
delivery g 95Qo7 g71&, MAY s. 99@s OF; city
steam 81 c.: refined g. 90 TO the continent
Freights dull; cotton 1k1. grain sad.
CHICAGO. feD. 24.-HeaN5 receipts, spf1ng-Ilke
weather and Liverpool cables, which reported
corn and wheat as dull and tending downward
all had depressing effect on the grain markets
May wheat was &c. lower at 79sSc, and May
corn was lower at 5J3sc. The first selling OF
grains was by local traders, who were short on
The market There was also some selling Of
long wheat that was bought yesterday. This
combined selling broke May wheat from 79766
791bc At bottom there was good buying by
several large houses Reports Of good exports
of wheat from New York came In as the session
advanced. This and buying by short caused an
advance in May TO SOs5c, at which figure II closed
In the corn pit professionals we're all selling
themselves short early, but little buying later
One or two houses started all of the shorts to
buying May corn which had previously sold
Off 60 F0Mc advanced 10 5OAQ15O1sc. inside Of
an hour Trading in corn was not very heavy
but there were periods of strength during which
a good many small lots changed hands The
advance which covering Of shorts caused was
not checked until May had touched O1aGE5lc
MAY corn was carried up 3sc., where
It closed Trading in oats were all
within Nc range for leading futures May sold
at 3O1lc 10 open, and 311s@311zc 10 close. The
only trading in provisions during the first hour
was In short ribs A sale Of 1000, 900 pounds of
NAV In lump was made at 81 300t7 3219. There
was a big business in changing from one future
TO another Fluctuations were very narrow.
Trading in pork and lard was very inconse-
auential The weak feature in ribs was the
weakness Of March. People who were long Of
this future were looking around for place for
them. and they changed Them with more re-
mote futures at wider differences. May pork
sold at $l3 950b14 0211. and closed at the latter
a.,,ra NAV sold at 81 HDII7 ~. and closed a