Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-29
GENERAL MARKETS.
Produce and Provirious.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 2s;-FIour-Quiet
vanced 3sa, then declined an closed 4 &c be-
low Yesterdays closing prices; market was ups
s1Hc, closing at Sic; MAY s1X6s24c, osine
at SIC; June sl2lc. closing at size asked; July
sSG c G1ssgV At at 1851 DeGsmbe
W ak and lower; cash 451l a46c; Mar closing
at 453Ic; May 461Ia4 &c, closings,. at
t6n Oats1aarket easy; cash SO@sgR6:
steady at 81 09. Provisions dull and weak.
Pork new Sl4 25 Lard 81 35@7 40 Dry salt
meats, boxed, shoulder. s. Isl long clears
Bas Seaf b FSs 70 sbo oRH
long clears 81 1567 SIX; clear ribs 81 SIX sbort
clears s. 971z6S 121l. Hams SO 5O@12 co. t1Af.
ternoon board-Wheat lower; March s0%cf dfay
So 81 !; May $780, July 47"0' Oats weak May
CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. 2s-The markets on
Change TO day were marked by weakness at
the opening followed By q reaction in prices
for grain and slight firmr ess and adVanc in
prices for provisions and closing with q repeti-
ton of early weakness. It was an uneVentfu
session for wheat, he crowd at the closing
hour yesterday Induced the weakness. The
talk was for heavy market to day. The re
suit was at the opening on local fe ling Nc
unoer The close al s0zc for May. Two large
local houses offered VIII at freely In the first
hour In small 1918, creating the imp ression that
great quantities were for sale, but sucB was
not the case; May sold at SOXc. There
was slight rally. price of May frmed
up to 603EGSOhc, about 81 sing prices last
night, and dullness prevailed to the close.
There vas slight etti down of prices just
before the end of the session. May closing at
Soc There was no def lite influence at work
in the corn market TT lding was almost en-
tirely local, and operators in corn watched the
indie tor for wheat md acted with It, MAJ
corn opened y off snd early selling went down
poin n 10 50Zc VIII n a rally came to VIII at
and corn reacted, aided by light posted receipts
for to morrow and sold &c 617ic, wea ening xc
just before the close and resting at 505S05 G.
Despite the dizziness. strong feeling deyel
oped, especially In pork, which advanced l09
l2Hc BUR ceded 5171lc and closed uncnaaged.
Sales for NAV range at Sl4 05@l4 Tx and
closed at sl4 o5. Lard and sh TT ribs were quiet,
Nav lard sold vt 81 S067 s5 and closed at ST s71I
Short ribs sold al 81 3567 Blk and clio ed at the
top, an advance of 2kc The receipts of hogs
were email ano the market steady The stocks
her are estimated at Isl, 600 to 10000 barrels of
polk. 40 100 tierces of lar snd So 600 goo pound.
Of short ribs. Leading futures closed as fol
lows: Wheat-No: ?, March 751Sc; May soc:
Jane SlH JOY sdylo alHe: olrn No. 2 March
Mess pork. per barrel. May Sl4 05; June
Sl4 l2%. LARD, per 100 pounds, March 81 72lz
MAY 81 s2H; June g sly; July s. 92h. Short
s. Sik June Sis. Cash quotations were were as fol-
VINES red so So ~ s sna eOrn 9sSo
Mess pork. per barrel, s1S go. Lard, per 100
pounds 81 I2H. Short ribs, sides, loose, 81 TX
al 20. Dry sailed shoulders, boxed, S. son
TO- short clear sides, boxed S751a7 62H
NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-Cofee-Spot fair; Rio
nominal at 10; options opened 1925 points
higher, closing weak and a trile / ,wer; sales
1880 bags; February IL 40all 80; March 10 80
oil 20; April 10 709n CO.; May 10 6061O 80
June 10 4n6l0 IS; July 10 oOGlO 40; August
10 00S 20 20 Sugar firm and quiet; fair re-
fping quoted at 4xc; centrifugal sc test g. 16c;
moi SEES grades 464Tc; extra Manila g. Ice; ;
Muscoyado 4Ke for IS test; refined steady and
demand fair; 6hc; extra Q 5tci white ex:
7xc. Molasses steady and quiet; so test 20c;
refined 27&o. Cotton seed oil quiet and I'M
changed at 1856 for crude and 40641Kc for re-
fined