St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-28

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Flour-Recepts,
22,11l packages; exports, ] ,299 bbls, 1879
sacks; quiet; unchanged; advance in wheat
checking business: sales, II, 900 bbls. Wheat
Receipts, 1920 bu; exports I5,779; sales,
6,7S4,0o0 bu futures, no spot: spot market
stronger; in sympathy with options; nominal
quotations Ice higher: No. 2 red, S1.0lm
LOB elevator, S1.02 afloat; Sl.01126ll. O312
fob; No. 3 red, 93c; No. ] white, 81 OIL;
No. red. 81 .OSI26l 90: No. Chicago.
Sl0IS4. Options active; strong; 14MlI2c
higher; covering by shorts and foreign buy
ers; No. = red. December 99Ssc@S1 00ss,
closing OF S1.0ossc: January, 95SscaSl d05s,
closing Sl.OOAs; February, S!.0lIs@ 1.02Is.
closing ,Sl.02ls; March, Sl02l2@1 .o 33s,
closing 81 :03ds; April, S1.o4lsQ1,'5i4 clos
ing at ST. ia; May. Sl.O5@l .O6 I-IG,
closing at Sl.06; June closed at
S1.03s4; July, Sl@l0l, closing at
Sl.01. Rye quiet. Barley steady;
dull. Barley malt quiet. Corn-Receipts,
l9G, 900 bu, exports, 64,675 bu:. sales,
675, 900 bu futures, 1n3,000 bu spot. Spot
market fairly active, lSGgAc lower; No. =,
46s.646c; elevator, 47@4Sl2c aiioat; I'M
graded mixed, Sea 49c; No. white, lao
41l2c: steamer mixed 42A@44c; No. 3,
3~A039l2c Options fairly active. Is@4c
higher, firm: December, 46A@ i6I2c, clos
ing 46Ac; January. +57s6146Ic, closing,
46I6c; February. 46@i64c, closing, 45Isc;
May. 4lSsG0457sc, closing, 455sc: Oats-Re-
ceipts, $1,000 bu; exports, ], 465 bu; sales,
10000 bu futures, $4,000 bu spot; spot
market fairly active, firm; options more ac
tive, firm; January, 30s40307sc, closing,
307sc: February 3ls4G13l 1sc, closing 3ll2c;
May, 33h@ 33l2c. closing 33l2c; spot No.
white, 33ssc; No. 32c: No. | white. soc;
mixed Western. 29@32c: white, mixed
western, 33@39c; No. . Chicago 3lAc.
Hay strong. Hops quiet steady. Coffee
Options opened steady. AT 50l5c points
down; closed barely steady; 25@40 points
below saturday: free sellers; sales. 6S, 800
bags, including December, II. S5@l , .o5c;
January 14s00l4 93c; February, I475@
l5.10c; March, l4S00l5.O5c; April, ID so
@l5. Toe; May, l1.S5015. zoe; June,
l5.00Gl5 25c; July, l5.03@l zoe; August.
l5.25@ 1890 September, 10. 25Gl / J. Zoe;
1890. Sugar-kaw Inactive, nom
inal; far refining 5Ac: centrfugals
96-test, &c: refined quiet Molasses-F Foreign,
nominal: 80 test 2li2c; New Orleans in de-
mand. Rice-Strong, fair demand. Petro-
leum lower; quiet crude. in barrels Sc 80
@7.20; refined, here, s.. 20; Philadelphia
and Baltimore. 1l4c. United closed at S1l2.
Cotton seed oil strong. Tallow steady
Rosin finn: common to good, steamed, 81
G0l.0Tl2. Turpentine duh. 46A046I2c.
Eggs-Quiet easy; Western, 22Gl23c; re-
ceipts, 1895 packages. Pork, more active.
Lard-Trifc stronger: covering of con-
tracts; spot quiet: Western. S. 400 SO;
january Ss.l2 bid; February. $500 bid;
March, $500 asked; April, SS.05 asked;
May, S.. 03@S .07, closing $500 asked; June,
SS06. Batter quiet, choice about steady,
others easy; Western dairy, 14Gl25c; West
ern creamery, l9@31c; Elgins, 33@34c.
Cheese firm: moderate demand; Western,
l0@lILc. Pig iron quiet. Copper nominal;
active domestic, $3.50. Tin quiet, steady
straits, S22