The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-28

Nash. & Chatt'a.. s3ls Cotton Oil certif, So
New Orleans Pa
| COTTON.
| LIVERPOOL, Dec. 81. noon.-Cotton Quiet; In
| curry ram American middling SGD; sales
iO,oO0 bales of which 900 bales were for specu-
iatlon and export; receipts 1900 bales Ameri-
| Futures-American middling. low middIing
| clause. December delivery 19-64d; December
and January 1864: January and February
| and April l9-64d; April and May 2l-64d;
Nay and June 2364d, also 22-64d: June and
July 264d; July and August 2o-64d. Futures
quiet.
The tenders of deliveries at to-dav's clearings
amounted to 1000 bales new dockets and 100
200 p. m.-saes of the day included $500
Good middlIng American sgd middling
o9sd, low middlng 51sd, good ordinary 45sc.
| clause December delivery 20-64d, buyers: De-
center and January l9.e4d, sellers; January
ana February lO-o4d, sellers; February and
March i9-04d; value; March and April 2O,64d,
| sellers; April and May 2l-64d. value; May
andJun 23-64d, sellers; June and July 25-64d,
sellers; July and August 26-64d, sellers.
| Futures steady.
| 400 p. m.-Futures: American middling
| low middling clause, December delivery 20-64d,
| buyers; December and January 19-64d, sellers;
January and February 19-64d, sellers; Feb
4
| April 52l-d4d, sellers; April and May 2l-64d,
buyers; May and June 23-64d, sellers; June and
July 24-54d. buyers; July and August 5 26-64d,
value. The market closed quiet.
| NEW YORK. Dec. 81 noou.-Cotton dull: sales
% bales; middling uplands 9Ac; middling Or
| leans 10c.
| Futures-The market opened steady. with
sales as follows; December delivery 43c; Janu-
| airy 46c; February SOC: March o re; April
| 8 SEC; May 94c.
500 p. m.-Cotton dull: middling uplands
| CSC, middling Orleans 10c: sales to-day l34
| bales; net receipts 9S7 bales gross >. 233
| Futures Market closed easy, with sales of
| 9J,3U bales. as follows: December delivery
. 4seD9 44c, January 9 1903 ACC, February 57G
8 5sc, March Q 69d9 zoe, April Q 5000 &c, May
. 90g9 91c, June 10 001l0 ole. July 10 0S6
l00.c, August 10 14Gl0 15c, September S0@
| 9 SIC.
Hubbard. Price & Co.'S cotton circular saws:
| Our market, after slight recovery from yes
| terday's close, showed signs of weakness and
| closed easy at the lowest prices of the day.
| Crop acvices continue TO improve, and tits led
to renewed selling by despondent long holders
| SO far no decided raid has been made by bears
| Notices for January delivery were freely ten
| dered to-day and have found Judgment In the
| hands of those who are carrying cotton for
| banking purposes"
GALVESTON, Dec 27.-Cotton quiet: mid
ding 91Ec; net receipts 5.3i2 bales, gross 5,342:
| sales 81; stock T,34o bales.
| NORFOLK. Dec. 21.-Cotton quiet; middling
| 9tsc; net receipts 2,l0j bales, gross 2,l0o;
sales 2,oi4 bales; stock 1921 bales; exports,
L
| baltimore, Dec. Y.--Cotton nominal; mid
| ding 9S4c; net receipts - bales gross Al;
sales = bales; stock 23551 bales; exports,
coastwise 100 bales.
| BosToN, Dec. 27.-Cotton quiet; middline 974
@lOc; net receipts 94S bales, gross 1,643; sales
| none; stock none.
wILMlNaroN, Dec. 27.-Cotton firm; mid
ding exc; net receipts Alb bales, gross 413;
| sales none; stock IL, 625 bales.
| PHILADELPHIA, Dec. H.-Cotton dull mid
ding 10c: net receipts US bales, gross 295;
| STOCK 81 0S6 bales
| NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 27-Cotton steady: mid
ding 9}sc; net receipts 4S5 bales gross 10 Alb;
| sales 2 $50 bales; stock 343, Ala bales; exports
| to France 6326 bales, coastwise s, 767.
| MOBILE, Dec. N.-Cotton quiet; middling
| 5-i6c; net receipts $50 bales, gross $50;
sales 1000 bales; stock al ,452 bales exports,
coastwise 1,l14 bales.
| MEMPHIS, Dec. 2.-Cotton quiet; middling
| 9ssc; receipts 4,081 bales; shipments 1895
bales; sales 3, 400 bales; stock l6o,57s bales.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 27.-Cotton-Of Offerings large;
| shipments 430 bales; sales none; stock 80, 755
| bales.
CHARLESTON Pee. 27.-Cotton quiet; middling
CSC; net receipts 1.0l4 bales, gross ,014; sales
| 100 bales stock 1857 bales; exports, coast
| wise ,022 bales.
| ATLANTA, Dec. 27.-Cotton quiet; middling
| 914c; receipts S44 bales.
New YORK, Dec. demonstrated net re-
ceipts for all cotton ports to-day 80, S77 bales;
exports, to Great Britain 4,228 bales, to the
continent 360s, to France 1926; stock at all
American ports Jl4,So5 oales
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES, ETC.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 81, noon-wheat dull; de-
mand poor; holders offer freely; California
No. l. IS 9Iad. Corn quiet; demand poor.
NEW YORK, Dec. q, noon.-Flour quiet and
depressed. Wheat active and strong. Corn firm
but inactive. Pork steady at SD 25Dl4 IS.
Lard dull at So d. Freights steady.
500 p. m.-Flour, Southern dull and I'M
changed. Wheat stronger; options 1H6l1Mc
higher; No. red, December delivery 81 00aB,
January delivery 81 Ooss February delivery
| 81 O2l6, May delivery 81 06A Corn Made
lower but steady; No. @ 46@14614c in elevator;
options 1sD1zc higher and firm; December de-
461Sc, May delivery 459sc. Oats-spot firm; OPP
lions firm; January delivery 3lase, February
delivery 3iNc, May delivery 33l3c; mixed
western 0p sn 9 1 not
yesterday; December IA S56el5 05c, January
| IA S0114 CSC February ID 15y115 10c; spot Rio
easier at l6Ac Sugar-retned closed quiet.
Molasses--New Orleans In demand; open ket
tie prime to fancy 4O049c; syrups 3304Oc
Petroleu .n-refined, here, 81 20. Cotton seed
oil-crude 47c yellow 55c Tallow steady. Hi-es
quiet but steady. Wool quiet and firm. PORK
more active; mess Sl4 25Gi4 rs. Beef dull.
Beef hams quiet. Tierced beef inactive. Cut
meats slow. Middles slow; short clear 81 so
Lard trife stronger; Western steam s. 400
As city s. s5 options-December delivery
IS IS asked. January delivery IS ~ bid Ffeights
firm; cotton l3-S4d, grain Id.
CHICAGO Dec. H.-After the break of SIC Ia
wheat yesterday, II was natural TO expect
reaction, and il C ime in the shape OF recovery
of PIC from Yesterdays inside figures Specu-
lators were puzzled as much as ever at the
action Of the market the past twentyfour
hours. Whether the break of yesterday
engineered to force out great deal Of long
wheat, or whether II was actually the closing
out OF some long lines of wheat which opera
tors did not care TO hold longer 1t is difficult TO
say But the conference OF two OF the heaviest