Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-19
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Ja2. IS.-Ficur-Q liet and
unf ha' Eed Wheat o ened t41 on from the
close OF last right, and in weak market cl0seo
elin lower. NO, red cash 81 II 81 &c; JanuaS>
closing SIC; Febr airy SIC nominal; May 81 skd
si&c, closing Si3sc; June s2ss', closing S2s4c
bid. COMMA set wes lover and woaker
Lower; each 312lc; May S21ic. Cornmeal was
sse ady st 81 40. WHISKY was steady 1T 81 n.
Provisions lower. Pork, nominal sl4 509l4 IS.
Lard Ha,s $ O5; Dry ssIt meatr, boxed,
ear ibis 81 62I; short clears
ST 10. Bacoa, boxed, S co; shout ers Sc l21s
ng clears IS 40: clear RIBS IS 80; snort clears
S. 62h. Haus eteady at 80 25@l2 SO After
noon board: Wheat firm January size; Feb
ruary &c; May sac. Corn steady: January
47'ic; Feb,uatV 472sc; May 1870. Oats i'm,
Jauu.ry sc as1ed; May 32Hc.
CHICAGO, III, Jan. Is The hands on the
diXl OF tne Indic tor which r, gtsters prices
and 10 k ran foot race with eaC7 other az the
operiug OF the board. The market. which
osed psnicky yesterday after u cecline of 60
cente sofa of % cent further on the curb after
the board closed. This left May ut Sl4371,
Onici4l opening prices this N ring was Si4 IS.
and few minutes later II sofa to Sl4 20 de-
cline from yesterdays opening pr &c OF one
barrel. ] he dtst flood of stop orders had come
GA the market and had be n executed There
was SOM buying and the panic was stayed.
Big sports, w ho engineered the raid on the mar
day, were buyers to-day. For the first ha4 {
hour of the session nrices msde a very liseiy
sce-saF. From $40 there was & an,
advance 10 Sl4 321a ala 3j, aud decline I'd
Sl4 20. Finally The market sobersd
cowa somewhat around 81 27HaI4ezs
The people who have been ehaken OutsSSe
countr. holders. Large blocks of stuff also
came out from Kansas City p aopie and itfsrbe-
lie cd that stuff dumped overheard ca stop
orders has gOne to fl up shorla, Ihs POSITION
~ the LATER IS thereby mate tally strengthened
Pork claimed the greater part Of attention OF
traders all day. the heaviest marketing of
pork WIS don In t1e frs hou, bnt trade was
Gig ali through thu session. n tone Of curious
( atures, which developed es day adyaL ced,
which were held By commission
houses. May pork finally closed steady
at sl4 20. Lard and RIBS opened to l0c nRder
yesterday acioee, but GOOD b1Yng soon caused
q reaction to Tuetday's figures. My lard
closed at 81 5eH and NJ y ribs at 81 IS. Wheat
at opening attracted but little attention, bui
proa 'Eent house which carried May down from
eDing S}5 o'S2a4c, decline being brought out
by p!l Of long wheat. The scapipg element
q dea the decline, but were baIsh in stnu
May. to "hrh price II shortly receded and
closed at s3A., Corn opened dull and &c
pressed, with MaY at So &C, As The session pro.
Jesse oIessea 3 large amour; OF sci lag
fe li0g OF saeas'aess inepi G by The pork r. n.
ket Mag nroke to SIS, r. ach!ug later to !S.tc
On liberal buy ing. and closed q, later figure.
Leading futures closed as follows: Wheat. Nc.
2 January 161zc: February 764c: Ma ch 77Hs;
II ~ SIC. Corn, No. 2. Jaunsf7 4sslc; r. Drnary
4s*c March &c; May 53l1,. Ness pork,
pc b. rrel, quoted for Febr Any at SO S.; Ma
sl4 40. LARD, February 81 90; Marco 81 37I;
May 5! ~ Short ribs January 81 4J; Feb u
sLy, s. IS; &arcn, 81 SIX Nay, 81 Is Cash
prices. Wheat, No. } sp,inx, 7G15q773zc No,
corn 43}.c: mess pork, per barrel SI3 S7Ia
IS S0ilard, per 100 lbs, 81 50; sh rt ribs si1es,
loose, - ~; cry sailed snould rs, boxed. IS 90
a6 W, shor. Gear sues, toxed, 81 65G7 o.
quie 5s.c;options ooered weaker but cIoseuI
weaSer; sa .es $1,000 bsgs; January Is csc ) 20:
February 445Gl4 81: March "A 0el4 so; April
10 tacI5 10 day - Gli eo; June l3 s5dl3 g;
TENDER l. 900 ID co: Octo5er Il 75GI2 S.;
November Il 65Gl2 70;D Gambler y 65GI2 10.
sugar Dull and weak: cen ritagai sc test &c;
Molseses dull.