The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04

We" hohA, March s. noon.-Cotton easy: mid
ding uplands 10 716c, middling Orleans 10 9-l6c;
sales Is bales.
Futures-Narket opened steady and closed
easy, with Sa es as follows: March delivery
opened at 10 28c closed 10 24c; April opened at
~ 35c, closed 10 soc; May opened at 10 ~ closed
at 10 iOc June opened at 10 DC, closed at 1047c;
July opened at 10 SIC, closed at 10 59c August
opened at 10 SIC. closed at 10 sic.
500 .. m.-Market closed easy: mddling
uplands 10 7-l6c, middling Orleans 10 9-l6c; sales
to-day 81 bales, last evening al: net receipts
743 bales, gross 1896.
Futures-Market closed easy, with sales of
@l0 ?5c, April 10 30@10 Bic, May 10 40c, June
10 41Q1O 4Sc. July 10 496 10 soc, August 10 81
@l0 SIC, September 10 0l0l0 O3c, October 50
65 SIC November 70Q9 tic, December no
&c, January 9 Z 09S0c.
MeSsrs Hubbard, Price & Co. s cotton circu-
lar of to-day says: The storm which struck
our market yesterday had not wholly expended
its force in a sharp decline then, and to-day
prices have been very unsteady, advancing and
declining quickly as buying or selling orders
affected the very sensitive market. Liverpool
came trmer than expected, sod off, and inn
proved an additional odd At the opening here
quotations We're irregular, 2 points above the
close, with an improving tendency, which sell
ing quickly turned into a declining one and
prices touched 3 points below, From this
quick advance of points was followed by de-
cline of 5, the market closing easy with an I'M
settled feeling"
GALVESTON March 3-Cotton nominal; mid
sales none; stock 21,Sl5 bales; exports, to the
continent 450 bales.
NORFOLK, March 3.-Cotton steady; middling
97sc; net receipts 559 bales, gross 559 sales 121
bales stock 81 ,59S bales; exports, coastwise Cos
bales.
BALTIMORE, March 3-Cotton nominal; mid
ding lO$sc; net receipts none, gross none; sales
none; stock 1907 bales.
BOSTON, March 3.-COtton quiet; middling
10esc; net receipts SOC bales, gross SIS; sales
none; stock none.
WILMINGTON, March 3-Cotton dull; mid
ding 15-16c; net receipts 80 bales gross 80;
sales none; stock 6,55S bales
PHILADELPHIA, March 3.-Cotton quiet; mid
ding lO9sc; net receipts bales, gross 4; stock
%, 372 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, March 3.-Cotton quiet mid
ding l3-16c; net receipts 1885 bales, gross
$500; sales 2750 bales; stock 297 691 bales; ex-
ports to Great Britain 4,641 bales, to France
1875 bales, to the continent 200, coastwse 2S22
bales.
MOBILE, March 3-Cotton quiet; middling
934c; net receipts ia bales gross 1856; sales
800 bales; stock 2S,219 bales; exports, coastwise
1904 bales.
MEMPHIS, March 3-Cotton quiet; middling
934c; receipts 800 bales; shipments 1852 bales;
sales $50 bales; stock los, 424 bales,
AUGUSTA, March 3.-Cotton quiet; middling
csc; receipts 1852 bales; sales S26 bales
CHARLESTON, March 3.-Cotton dull and nomi-
nall middling 1850: net receipts 1,130 bales,
gross 100; sales none bales; stock D 1858 bales;
exports, to the continent ; go bales
99-16c; receipts 105 bales.
New YORK, March 3.-Consolidated net receipts
for all cotton ports to-day II ,2H bales; exports,
to Great Britain 4.6i1 bales to France 1875, to
the continent Z $50 bales; stock at all American
ports 79S, 179 bales.
The total visible supply of cotton for the
world is 2 S65, O63 bales, of which 1874, 763 bales
are American against BOSS 68 and 2 543 1868
bales, respectively, last year. Receipts at all
interior towns for the week 324l0 bales. Re
ceipts from plantations 1886 bales. Crop in
sight, G,234, $50 bales.
PRovIsToNs, GROCERIES, ETC.
LIVERPOOL, March 8, noon.-Wheat steady,
with fair demand; holders offer moderately.
Corn steady, WITH fair demand
NEW \ DIRK, March 3, noon.-Flour quiet but
unchanged. Wheat higher. Corn better. Pork
weak; mess SIS GOALS p; Old mess pork 314 IS
q is co. Lard easier at IS 05QS OH. Freights
quiet but steady.
p m.-Flour, Southern quiet and steadily
held. Wheat-options ruled very quiet but
stronger early, subsequently became weak and
settled back about 1sc and closed steady after
SLOW business; cash firm and unchanged; No 2
red, March delivery 9O4901sc; May 9l16091Ac,
closing at 1850. Corn quiet but held firmly;
options advanced 14Ms3Sc, closing steady at near
the top; No. ?, March delivery 604c; May 59191
$3.50, closing at 59l2c. Oats firm, unchanged;
No. ,, March delivery 381Sc, May 3735c, closing
same. Hops dull. Coffee, fair Rio nominal
20(o3O points higher; No. Rio, March delivery
10 65010 75c, April 060Q110 75c, May 10 $50
10 75c. Sugar quiet and firm; fair refining 47Sc;
refined closed quiet but steady-C 51sc, white
extra c 55Sc, off A &c, mould A &c. andard A
$3.50 confectioners' A Csc. cut loaf and crushed
1a4c, powdered &c, graduated 634c, cubes &c.
Molasses quiet but steady; so test held at PIC.
Proleum firm; refined 7a4c at all points; crude,
in bbls 67s0171sc. Cotton seed oil, 35c for crude
and 41c for refined. Hides quiet but steady.
Wool quiet domestic fleece 22Gl31c. pulled 15@
33c, Texas t3@22c. Pork quiet and unchanged.
Beef dull Beef hams steady. Cut meats steady.
Middles dull. Lard heavy: Western steam SS 90
s02}6 Freights dull; cotton 1sd, grain a4d.
CHICAGO, March 3.-The semi revival of the
speculative trade in grain that came with the
opening of March was of short duration. While
the temporary bulge continued there was
tivity, but with the reaction and decline in
prices came dullness. About everything on the
floor opened this morning at a trihe better
prices than Fridays close The tendency of
everything was uniformly and slowly downward
and opening sales were at best figures of the
day. Wheat for May started at SJ34c, sold at
once to S016c, and then in an hour went off to
5000 S0l6c. There was nothing particularly
discouraging in the situation; in fact, it is re-
garded strong at present prices by majority of
the trade, but still there was apathy and mar
row range of prices. May remained at S01bc
during the greater part of the session and finally
closed at that figure While corn led upward
Thursday and Friday, 1t led in the decline early
to-day. The opening quotations we're higher
than the closing last night, but they were the
best of the day and the first two hours carried
prices down about Nc The volume of trading
outside attention was attracted. May opened
Ac higher at 5214c, declined to 521sc and closed
at 52Ssr. There was very light speculative
trade in oats, with nothing but the smallest
fluctuations. NAV opened at 3l4c. sold down
to 3l5Sc and closed at 3lMc. In the provision
trade there was a little more stir than in any
offering this week. An easier tone III grain en-
couraged the old bear element to enter the
market AMI around the opening prices were de-
pressed by comparatively free offerings. Later
there was better showing of strength. yet at
the adjournment pork showed a decline for the
day of l0c and lard and short ribs &c. Trading
while the bears were selling was quite fair, but
after the first hour, when they generally with
drew. business was spasmodic ami slow May
pork sold from Sl4 0715 early down to S13 92l1
and closed at S13 90 May lard sold from 81 70
down to 81 671R, and closed at 81 20. May short
ribs sold from S. 321a down to and closed at
81 %.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet Wheat-No spring 751e@79c; No. red
SlAc Corn No. 2: 5O4c; Oats-5No. ,, 2'@3ic.
Mess pork $l3 80. Lard 81 so. Short rib Sides
loose 81 1oal715 Dryselted shoulders, boxed
So 0O06 10. Short clear sides, boxed 81 500
6219. Whisky ST IS.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Closing.
No. 2 WHEAT
May delivery. sSoA sos s0ss
June delivery. 81 81 SO34
CORN, No. ?
May delivery. 52N 5294 593s
June delivery. 524 52A 5lB
OATS, No. .
May delivery .... 3lA 3lM 3lA