Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-17
PRODUCE.


NRw YORK, March Is. -FlOur-Receipts
$500 packages; exports 2,6O9 barrels. o.
935 sacks, moderate demand; sales H.
600 barrels. Wheat-Receipts $50 bush
els; exports ST 700 bushels; sales U,234,-
OOO bushels futures end l3i. 900 bushels
SPOT; options ruled firm; market firm at
ontset; spring 93c; ungrsded red S~9ia9Olc;
No. > red April 90L9Ols closing AT go;
May 00a9Osc, closing at 90tc; June s9sa
SOC, closing at sole; July ssiaS9c, closing
at soc: August SI3aSS!n, closing ut S1sci
December ytlaI9c, closing Ollie. Corn
Exports $4,000 bushels; sales 81, 900
bushels futures, 10000 bushels spot; OPP
tons opened at !A4c higher; cash quiet
but steadily held; uugraded mixed 59ia
Gle; No. 3 59}c; April steamer 6OA6Oic
elevator; No. .. 60a6Olc elevator, 6l!c.
delivered; No. > March nominal Coo No
April Sole, closing at sole; May % l-l6l
age. closing at SIZE; June j3s l59Bc, clos
ing at 5gsc; July 5Ssai9c, closing ut 5o5ci
August 5gldgic, closing at 59c; September
j~gla59lc, closing at 5Htc. Oats Receipt
1000 bushels sale7 2lO,HOO bushels iu-
lures and =. UOD bushels spot; options 4
shade llwer; cash steady aud quiet; mixed
western 39l4lc; white do 4lai5c. Hops
Steady and quiet. CofI,e-SPot, iar lsio
firm a. l2lc; options more active and DC
cidedly higher; sales l2i $50 bars; March
9 go; April 9.65ll0.45C; May 3 55AlO 35ci
June 955llO. 4O1; July 935slO l5t; An
gust 9.35a1O. 15c; September 3OAlO lOci
Octoberg 25alO ujc; NOvemher9 45alO O5c;
December . 3OllO. lUc; January 10 OOc. Su-
psr-Rlg dull and nominal; fair refining
quoted at Hal l3-l6c; extra & "St5 IL
lie; white extra C 5{ai IL lie; yel.o"
5lc. standard A Gih. MolaS1es-SteAdy
and Quiet; 500 test 20!c. Rice Dali.
Petroleum-Reiued firm; United cloted
steady at 97lc; crude in barrels gage,
Cotton Seed Ol-Quotei at 3i4l35c for
crude, 4lc for refined. Tallow-FIrm at
4;c. ~Rosin-Steady at 81 coal 23!. Turfl
pentine-Doll aud nominal at 3Sc. Eggs'
Lower and in good demand: western
l4lAl5c Wool-S:eahy and demand
light; domestic fleece at 23i3TC; pulled
lSliar: Texts 12r23,. Pork-LaS active
but steady; mess Sll 75ll5 90 old, Sl5OH.
ais p new. Cat Meats-Quiet and firm;
picked bellies 7tc; middlas neglected
Lard-At 4li points lower and more &c
tive; western steam spot s. 79l; March
s. 93A7 %; April s. 9OI7 81; May s. -
az 81; June s. 92A7 81; July s. 96ts 10;
August SSOlc; city stesm s. Is. Butter
Firm aud in fair demand; western LA
32c. Chsese-Dull and weak; western III
alaIc. COpPer-Steady; lake l6Al6Ic.
Chicago,
CHICAGO, March lG-There was a little
of the old time ring on the floor of the
BOARD OF Trade this morning. The big
wheat pit was filled with anxious opera,
tors. Trading in wheat was fairly active.
Corn was less weak and less active. Oats
were firm. Provisions were depressed, with
lower prices. Plour Slow and prices
steady and unchanged. Whest-No. .
spring cash 73sa77c; No. = red sic; March
73Is74sc, closing At lac; April 7isa743e,
closing st Tale; May 7ssa79!c, closing at
7s1c; June TSis79ic, closing st 19fe- Corn
No Q s0cs ktAy, kAts5lAc eleEss at
size; J5us 55ia5tlc closing 1t SHE;
July 5ls5Ilc, closing ut SHE. oats-No.