The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-02


General Markets
CHICAGO. February There was bettel
speculative feeling on Change to-day than fol
many days; although il was delivery day de
liveries of grain were light In the provision
crowd a million short ribs went round, ant
that formed the bulk of delivery in that pit
There was nothing apparently new ON the out
side situation. but locally everything was
stronger and tended upward from the open-
ing. The receipts of hogs fell short a few
thousand. and with Il prominent packing house
. buying early provisions ADVANCED quite
sharply Before noon ribs sold y higher for
May. lard 10 higher and mess pork 2ls higher,
with better buying orders from outside and
by local SPECTATORS.
all OF the conditions were favorable.
was decrease of I-520,0o0 bushels
Corn was rather quiet to-day. add trading
somewhat limited, with the exception of a
short spell around the opening, when the mar
kot was rather active.
Cash quotations were as follows; flour
quiet and unchanged No. Spring Wheat.
red. 7sJa. No. Corr, $50. No. g oats.
pa Mess Pork, Sl4-251el4 80. Lard, $500.
short rio sides; loose, $; 500. Dry salted
boxed, s7,s5. Whisky, SLl3
leading futures closed as follows
Whe 1nn sG ,6 m Ms MsgB
=; May, 52zs: June, So. Oats-February, -;
March, -; May, $50; June; S34 Mess Pork
MAY. SASS Lard~Februaryys, -; March,
S7a5; May, 81 50; June. S7S5. Short Ribs
February, S1.521s; March, 500; MAY. s. %.
NEW YORK. February I.-southern -Four
dull-common to fair extra, s3Se83.90; good
10 choice s465. Investigations declined a
shade early, soon rallied IS to -, closing III m
at the best; cash a to q cent higher but only
I3-l69s94 March, s00aO34 May, 9l3sda21G.
Conceptions advanced Il to II and cash i
March. 60Ia0607s; May, 6Oss66l. Oats y cent
higher; No. 2, February, 3s3sG5Sa; March, S91s
sa M Nay S4S2@ H No: 5 spot ss
lowe r;No ! RIO febraary, siss5a1 IS: March
Sl2912 20 May, 81. roc 90 June, Sill SOL IL. 70
Sugar duh and nominal; fair refining quoted
at SIS; refined dull. Molasses nominal. Rice
firm. Cotton Seed Oil quiet at 30 for crude;
Tm-pentine duh at at 40q40l9. Hides quiet
,, Pork steady. Wool duh and unchanged
e80es T fesss 800 Reef aue e asei
Beef quiet. Cut meats firm. Picked bellies,
73s1719- Picked shoulders, 6s4G65s. Middles
slow and nominal Lard to 10 points higher
and moderately active; Western steam, Feb
ruary, S7.7Sg7.S SO May, S7.s6l1.96; city steam,
S7.65. Freights steady.
NEW ORLEANS. February I.-Coffee-
ket dull and lower Rio eargoes common
70 prime, 16dl9. Rice is in good demand
Louisiana ordinary to prime. 424059s. Cotton
Seed products dun and nominal; prime crude
steady and i in good demandhonisiana open
kettle choice, ll-16; prime to strictly prime
90 prime l5ol6; fully fair g9ed fair; 42s9
centrifugals. choice white. 63s9714; choIce
yellow clarified. $50; prime yellow clarified
534D5 1916; OF yellow clarified, ll-16@534
Molasses quiet-Louisiana open kettle choice
a. strictly prime, 32834; good prime, 27t92s
prime, 256124; Louisiana centrifugals, strictly
prime TO choice, 23d24: prime TO good prime
1921; fair to good fair, 1913.
ST. LOUIS, February Flour unchanged
Wheat.-No. red cash, s01EGsl; February
S0ds09s; May, s2t49s314. Corn cash, 1880
461s; February, 463s6p4675; May, 4s3sI4S54. oats
| steady-cash, 3014; February. -; May, $3.50
Whisky steady at S1.05. Provisions frmer
| Pork, new, si50. Lard. s!25a7.3o. Dry salt
meats, boxed, shoulders, S5.7546; long clear
$500; clear ribs. 81 50g7 .62211e short clear
| S7.S215. Bacon-boxed shoulders $500: long
| clear, SS3j clear ribs, $3.50 short clear
| SS.500s.55. Hams steady at Sl0.50Gll2.
WILMtSGToN, February -TlIrpentine steady
at 3715. Rosin firm; strained. 50; good strained
S. Tar firm at Sl10. Crude Turpentine firm
| hard. 20. yellow dip. s. %: virgin. S2.25.
| SAVANNAH, February l.-Turpentine firm
| at 371e ROsin firm at So.
| CHARLESTON, February l.-Turpentlne firm
| at 311s. Rosin quiet-good strained, So.