The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-29

CHARLESTON. February 2SCotton easy; mid
ding, lozs net receipts go tales; gross re-
to France. -: coastwise.
ATrASTA. February Is cotton duh; mid
ding. ga; receipts, 20.
General Easksls
CHICAGO. February aS.The markets ON
Change to-day were marked by weakness At
the opening, f,iiowed by reaction in prices
for grains and slight hrmness and advancing
prices for provisions. and finally closing with
cert:,fa session for ih. wheat erowd: the clos
ing hour yesterday indicated weakness. The
talk WAS fer heavy market to-day. The re-
suit was an opening of a cent under the close
at o0i4 for May. Two large local houses offered
wheat fteeiy the first hour in small lots crea E
ing the impression that great quantities were
for sale. Such was not the ease. After May
sold mt SOS there was slight rally t. eSsFSJb3,
AMI dullness prevailed to the close. There was
slight letting down OF prices just before the
end of the session. May closed at 80.
There no definite influence at work in
the corn market. Trading WIS almost entirely
local, and operators watched the indicator for
wheat ana acted with il. May corn opened Is
OF, end carly selling sent it down To 5J34; when
wheat rallied corn reacted. aided by light
posted receipts for to morrow and sold TO ~ Is,
weakening "a just before the close.
Oats were again dull and unnteres ting.
Another slow oey was passed hy provisions,
tractors business being slightly smaller and
within about rs narrow range Despite DUH
ness strong feeling was developed. Reeei1ts
of hogs were small and the market steady
stocks here are estimated at l55,tO9 to I6o,N0
barrels pork, 1909 tieTces of lard and 81 coo 600
pounds OF short ribs.
Cash quotauons were rs follows: Flour
guie4 and steady No, Spring Wheat
zS14assls. Mess PORK, sl8s5. Lard, s...12je
shoulders boxed S5.901s6I0. Short clear sides,
boxed, S3.5ets7 .6s16. Whisky, SLl5.
Leading fotares closed as follows:
Mbeat-Eebruary, t5ts; March, s51s; May,
20 June, 500. Corn-February, -; March,
1913; May, 5O5s: June, 5o9s. February, !;
Myes9, Fsbr sl June March, IL Mas sli i9Ek
May, S,4.05. Lard February, -; March,
Sa,25s; May, SIS512; June; q - =. short Rit,s-
81 As.
NEW YORK February 2s-Southern Flour
quiet. Wheat moderately active-No. red,
February, ss5s@ss54; April, $3.50 st34; May, so1s
February, 5sls; March, a52s95 ISIS; MAY, $3.50
5Sts. Oats duii-No- 2, March. 34ts45l14; May.
3I03s5s No. 2 spot, 3.l4s3a54 mixed West
ern, 3.Q1l0. Hops quiet. Coffee fair Rio
nominal mt Is; options weak; No. Rio. Feb
uary, Sll.t01til.eo; Gareh, $l0.a0lsIIzO; April,
Sl0;JQ1l May. SI0.50d10.d-. sugar nrn but
quiet: fair rcdned. 43S refined firm and in
good demand; &, 5sSN512, extra G, or; yellow
non imal. OF 4, ) 9-l6: mound A, Z. standard A,
65s; coHfeCtioners' a, 65s; cut loaf and
crushed ~ powdered. :: granuiated, 81;
cubes, Molasses steady-50 test, 20. Rice firm.
Resin steady at u l54 20 furpeatine dull at
40ts. southern Eggs, 2l1@Ge224- Hides steady but
ss2(13S; pulled, l5Q34; Texas, 1922. Pork steady
and moderately actiye-mcss. Sl4.75aij one
year old; sl59ei5.25 for new. Beef dull. Beet
hams steady at SlB.50del6.75. Tiereed Beef
quiet. City extra India mess, SI56ls. Cut
meats steady. Picked bellies III Middles
dull and nominal Lard steady-westera
steam. SS.0s1s; March, Snss0'.ss; May, - el.
Freights duh.
NEW ORLEANS, February 2s.-Coffee duh and
dropping - Rio cargces common to prime.
i434aei11a. Rice-narket dull and easier
Seed products duii~nnd nominal; prime crude
oil, so: summer yellow oil, nominal cake
and meal, 2llt2i1G. Sugar lower Louisiana
open Kettle choice D: prime to strictly prime,
5; prime, l4-16la; fully fair, good fair, q-I6
042s: good common, s54sl4 5-lh common,
52446; Louisiana centritugals, choice white,
CSC on white, I-i6tb61s gray white
53sg6; choice yellow clarified q prime yeilceg
clarified, l3-l6; OF yellow clarified, 5ls65 "a;
kettle choice. Sob; strictly prime, es.SS.al;
good prime, 2sa26 prime, 2Il923 fair to good
fair, l9ts-O; common 70 good common l4919;
louisiana ceiiiriiagitls, strictly prine, 2ia2ss
prime 10 good brine, Is; far GO good raIr,
lbtslI; inferior 70 good ocmmpn, 40 Il.
81. LoUIs, February ~ flour unchanged.
Wheat firm No. : RED cash, Slls; February;
March, Sis; May, sl5s1a2l4 Corn weak
Oats easy-c,sh, syo53o4 1: February, May $40
WHISKY steady ut Si,t9. Provisions dull, weak.
meats, boxed, shoulders. S5..50; long cbear
Sa.l5@9.25; clear ribs. Ssl%5tb; shfs,ss ciss /
ea651s, Bacon boxed shoulders, S6,zg3s; Tor g
clear, SIS. 249: clear ritS S1e5Ia; sisert cies r
S7.ss149s-E 12- Hams steady at sie .ssa L.
wILMINGToN. February -. -'r,lr,ss.srlIe firm
at S13. Resin hrm- strained, 50; .o0d strained
s.. firm mt Sli5. Crude Tqrpenlille Iirpl:
hard. sl.lo yellow din. s.. 10, wynn, s2.lo.
CHARLESTON, February 2s- gurpeutine noni-
nal. kosin Erin-good, -.
SAVANNAH. February ~ -c,,rnenlire eui. 4
ut e asked Resin firm a. se54,
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