Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-31
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Sales, $500,
GENERAL NJ 4RKETs.
Produce and Provisiops

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 3l.-Flour-steady and
in better demand, but unchanged. Wheat
Opened weak and on a fair market rallied
&c, afterwards fell back and closed &c beIoF
the opening; No. ? red, cash, S 4 aisle; March
closing at SO2Ic; May S235Gs27Gc, closing at
S21ac: July SO4c, closing at Slhc; December
S43S6SiIc, closing at S4Sc. Corn &c higher;
trading fair; cash 46HG47c; January 464ci
February closing 1890; March closing Axe;
May 4S3S l04S2ic, closing 4s3sc. Oats-Nothing
st stead at ats s. IS. WHISKY steady at 81 o.
Provisions firm. Pork-New Sl4 S7H6l5 90.
Lard 81 2O07 %. Dry sailed meat, boxed, shout
ders,$j TO- long clears s. 90; clear ribs 81 62}5
short clears 81 1901 sly Bacon, boxed, ehonl-
deIs, Sc 80; long clears S. 30; clear ribs
S. 406S 10; short clears S. 55GS t2H. Hams
were steady at SO 5Oal2 90. Afternoon
soc; March SO24c; May S25sC; Jun. S294c. Corn,
firm; February 1870; March 47I{G; May 4s1Se.
oats weak; February 29hc bic; May 5O3sc. =
CHICAGO. ILL.,, Jan. 3O.-Narke's onPCharge
opened weak and unsettled 10 day, although
there was bearish feeling all daJ IN the wheat
opening; May wheat opened shade CIT at
Size; during the earlier part of the session
there was disposition 10 await the visible
supply statement and May sagged to Size
under light sczlpi4g demand; when this tgRre
had been reached a war rumor was ci.eQaated
which started the crowd to buying and caused
May to advance to S21SC, but at toe advance
there was enough selling to put It back to sl25c;
the visible supply statement was abQgs
what was expeCted-a decrease of co.,
OOO bushels-and IL had no effect
on prices. May closed at size. Corn during
most of session was rather quiet, though az
times 1t was fairly active, feeling was STEADY
and largely of local character. May corn open.
ed al &c off at 52Zc; sold off to b2HG59s.c,
advanced to 53hc on strength Ofawar; reached
and closed at SIS axe. Provisions owing 70
largely in creased receipts of hogs accompanied
BY reduction in prices exhibited easier feeling
ano prices were lower in all leading articles
May pork opened at 10c lower a. Sl4 40, Lde-
cllned to $l4 80 before reactinS remained steady
az that fzure for some time; reacted
to S,4 42Hc on war news and
again broke to Sl4 81; on realizing at ADVANCE
became dull ana uninteresting, and closed st
S IS. Lard wss fairly active AMI prices ruled
2H65c lower; May closing at 81 50. Short ribs
were quiet and easier; May closed at 81 40.
Leading futures closed as follows: Wheat
No. q February 751c; March 1870: May 7S2Sc;
June S23Sc. Corn-No. ?, February 47xc; March
4Sc; May 5255c; June 5224c. Mess pork, per
NAV sl4 3d. LARD, per 100 pounds, February
81 Az; March 81 so; May, 81 IS; June 81 20.
Short ribs-FebruaIy 81 As; March 81 521I; Nay
81 20. Cash quotations were: FIour-lnquiry
slightly improved; steady aud unchangsds
Wheac.No. red soc. No.2 corn, Axe. ssfefs
100 pounds, 81 42I67 10. Short lib sides,
loose, 81 As; dry sslIed shoulders, boxed, s. 80
R6 CO.; short clear sides, boxed, 81 S5G7 go.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-Coffee-Spot fair; Rio
nominal at lie; options unsettled; January
lower and others stronger; sales 1880 bags
January l3 5O6l4 70, February II S5Gl3 10;
March IL 65612 so; April IL 55al2 20; May II Asa
T. 70; June p 8OaI2 so; July u lOal2 80; Au-
gust IL 959l2 10; September II s0Sll go; Octo-
Der II 756Il 50: November II 6GGli IS; Deem
Der IL 656ll 20. Sugar dull ana entirely non:-
inal; refined dull. Mola.ses dull.