Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-25
RsviEw or rHE CHICAGO HAREgr.

RBViEN or THE CHICAGO hARkkr.
CHICAGO. February "a Heavy receipts, spring.
Ike weather, and Liverpool cables. which re-
ported corn and wheat as dun and tending
downward, all had a depressing ELECT on Tho
early grain marSet-. May wheat was &c. lower
Al f0i,c and May corn lower 80 Nhc. The hrss
selling % grain was by local traders. WHO were
short on the market There was also some SELF
ing 81 long wheat that WA bought Yesterday.
Thie com ined selling broke May wheat from
~. 20 7gl.c. Al the bottom there Wa good buy
iug by several large houses. Reports ~ gooi
exports OF wheat from Now ork came IN A. mo
session advanced. his aud the buying by shorts
caused an advance ia Nay @ NC. al when
figure t closed. Ina tho corn pit Professionals
Nere an selling themselves short early utilize
buying later by oue or two houses started All u
the shorts % ouyisg. Nay corr. which had pre-
viously sold OF 90 Sole, adyinced 10 @'t aDsc.
inside 81 an hour. 1rading in corn wa not very
heavy. but there we're periods oil strength during
which n good many small lots changed hands
NE advance which covering 81 shorts caused
WAS not checked until May had touched bs e?lc.
When the clO-iLg bulge ln wheat oc'uffel WAY
corn Was carried up Co 5lttc, where 10 closed
Trading IN oats was AID within 1c. range Tor
leading futures. May sold q. $40 20 open
and ID Fa3, :. a. close. me only usdi
Ina provisions during the nrst hour WA
In short ribs seie 81 two millions
pounds OF May In lump was made 81 t'.ta
sr32N. There WAS b'f business IN changing
from one future % another FLUCTUATIONS were
very narrow. Trading in pork and lard wss
very iacon-cqucntaL The weak feature 10 RIOS
was he weakness of March. People who we're
long Of this future were looking around for
place for them and they changed ihem Win
more remote futures at u derdiherence. May
PORK sold Al fl3 6af AO2N. ana CLOSED ~ me lhi-
tor figure. May lard sold at t.NiatN 10, aud
closed at s7s2a May shoft-ribs sold al f..blA
sG3j. and closed az fsb.
CINCINNATI
CrycrvH Att. February 2l.-Flour steady. Vhes'
duh aud lower: No. 2 rel, Nsc. Corn-No.
"a MraNfFs No mixed -.
PORK quiet NJ ila50. Lard trm a. E.2e. Bulk
meats neglected; short up. $50 Bacon quiet
and unchanged Whisky arm 81 tLJA Hogs
steady. ........-
WirurNGrov. February SL-mrpentine steady
AZ 8,c Resin drm: strained, ~. COOL
strained. s5c. FAR nrm ~ sllA Crude turpcu-
tine nrm; hard, tLl0 yeilow-dip AMI virgin,
$40.
LOUISVILLE
LOUISVILLE, KY, February 2L-Markets ul-
changed.
NEW YORK COTTON FUTUREs
NEW YORK. Fenrpary gL-gotton- Net and
gross receipts. l32l bales. Futures closed quiet,
sales. 10000 bales February. Sos. March,
Si052asl053: April. fl9t9afl1m: May. il06h.
June. hob; Jlly, I07lagl075. August il0ti;
September tl025: October. FNas99i Nuven-
her, s9s2ai0 50 december ias.af9.Si; January,
sg.sgafa9O.
PETERSBURG PRANUT MARKET
fReported for the Dispatch
FEBRUARY ei-Markot easy. with liberal re-
ceipts ami free sales. Prime, 3 -; extra prime,
9tc: fancy Sc: spanish. Glr. Much ~ the
stock coming IN Is Of dark ~ inferior quality, Tor
which there ia bur littlo demand.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
fReported for tho Di-paichl
FEBRUARY 2t-Msrket quiet Prime. &c.; eH.
ira, ai,c.: common, SsX.; shelloi, 2asac;
Spanish 2a2hc, factory hsnd-pickei, 3aiAc.