The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-19
Stock on hand and
on shipboard

May lo...-.-....l obl9 59,o69 1858 81, 290
BAcoN-Market firm and advancing; demand
good; smoked clear rib sides, 916c shoulders
nc; dry sailed clear rib sides, $3.50; long clear
S13c bellies. SIC; shoulders, 694c; hams, 13c.
BlGGING AND TIEs-Market nominal. We
quote: Bagging, "a lbs, S@l814c; Chs, 746171 6c;
1S4bs, 6s4Q97c, according to brand and quantity.
Iron ties-$ 20 per bundle, according to brand
and quantity Bagging and ties in retail lots a
fraction higher.
BUTTER-Market easy; Goshen, 20023c; gilt
edge, 250G26c; creamery, 2792Sc.
CABBAGE-Supply light; native and Florida,
80 5O@2 rs per barrel.
CHEESE-Market steady; fair demand. We
COFFEE market is firm. We quote:
Fancy, 1910; choice, 1870; prime, IKE; fair,
1890; ordinary, 1414c; common, 1414c.
DRIED FRUIT-Apples, evaporated, 10ci COM
mon, nc Peaches, peeled, 22c; unpeeled, So
&c. Currants, &c. Citron, 25c.
Dry GooDs-The market is firm, With ten
dency to advance; stock full; demand good.
We quote: Prints, 41667c; Georgia brown
shirting "a, &c 10 do, 534c; "A brown sheet
ing, 6s4c; white osnaburgs, 9&c; checks, SO "a
616c yarns, S5c for best makes; brown drillings,
FIsH-Light demand on account of high
prices We quote full weights: Mackerel-No.
i, $1,000; No. g. half barrels, nominal, 81 0OQ
50; No. 2, s. so. Herring-No. l, &c; scaled,
T-Bemons-Demand fair. We quote:
FLoUR--Market firm: demand moderate
5 70; choice patent, IS 45S5 s.; family, 4 SD
4oh
Market firm; demand light
lots. Bic; mixed, Job lots 300: carload lots, 49,
Oats steady; demand good. We quote: Mixed
oats, 500; carload lots 4sc. Bran. 81 IS. Meal
soc. Grist, per b,ishel, sf1sc.
HAY-Market very firm, with fair demand;
stock ample, We quote. job lots: Western,
81 1s;carioad lots, 81 12l6; Eastern none; North
ern. none.
TT.
weak; tendency to decline; receipts light; dry
flint, &c; salted, &c; dry butcher, &c. Wool
market very weak; receipts light; prime, in
bales, 2o921c; bury, s@l2c. Wax lSc Tai
Otter skins, 50cQ4 90.
IRoN-Market firm; swede. 41495c; refined,
224c.
LARD Market steady; in tierces, SIC; so n
tins, s1sc.
LINE CALcINED PLASTER AND CEMENT-Ala-
bama lump lime is in fair demand, and is selling
at 81 25 per barrel; Georgia, 81 IDOL 20 per
&c; Rosendale cement, 81 10; Portland cement,
LSrons stock; steady demand. Bour-
al IS. Ales unchanged and in fair demand.
NAIIs-Market firm; fair demand We quote:
3dt SO So id and sd, 50 IS; Cd. 81 70; 81, 81 50;
NUTs-Almonds- Tarragona 1S0ZOc: Ivcas
1701sc; walnuts, French, 15c; Naples, l6c; pc
cans, 10c; Brazil, 10c; iberts. 10c; cocoanuts
Barncoa, So O00Q3 - per 100.
OuS-Market firm demand good. Signal
45c; West Virginia black 90lOc lard, &c;
headlight. 15c; kerosene, 915Q9l0c; water white,
1316c; neatsfoot 600S0c machinery, 2jQ93Oc;
linseed, raw, Coo; boiled 63c; mineral SEAL 16c;
fireproof, 1ec; homehght, 1Sc.
OHIoSs-Bermudas and Egyptian, per crate
1915.
PoTAroEs-Nortnern, eating, SO oO93 25;
Scotch sacks, 81 506130 90.
PEAS Following are prices asked by dealers:
Clay peas, 81 %; whippoorwill, VI %; red rip
pers, 81 25 blackeye, 81 Goal rs; white crowd
ers. 81 a5op2 90. Jobbers are buying at the fol-
lowing prices: Cow peas mixed. zoe; clay, 81 90;
speckled. 81 00c.
PRuNEs-Turksh, &c; French. 121sc.
RAIsINs-- Demand light; market steady Lay
ers, 81 50 per box: London layers. new, S2 IS
per box.
SALT--The demand is moderate and the mar
ket is quiet; carload lots, zoe 0 b; job lots 30
@g0c.
sHoT--Drop, 81 so; buck 81 rs.
SUGAR-1he market Is steady; cut LOAF, 19Bci
standard A. G5sc; extra c, 6l4G61tc; yellow G,
&c; granulated, nc: powdered y &c.
SYRUP-klorda and Georgia duh at 3304Oc;
the market is quiet for sugarhouse at 3OGlOc;
Cuba straight goods, sc in hogsheads, sugar
house nlolasses, lSlL2Oc.
TosAcco-barket dull demand moderate.
We quote: Smoking, 2jc0Sl %; chewing, com
mon sound, 2593Oc; fair 30l3jc; medium, 3S
$50; bright, 5o@75; fine fancy s5gsQc; extra
fine. SOCIAL 10; bright nayies, 4507bc; dark
navies, 40D50c.
LuNBER2C oastwise demand is more active
than for some mouths, and indications point to
large consumption and continued Improvement
in demand. Foreign demand Is fairly active:
Prices are firm at quotations, with an upward
tendency. Mills are all full Of work: We quote
fob:
Ordinary sizes ..................Sl 2 2oWl0 90
Difficult sizes. ............ 10 VOoDN oO