Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-10
and started 70 move esrly, and be- been
quickly absorbed with httlc or no decline
and demand Is good.
MARKETS eY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

NKw Yonx. December 9;-Cotton nrm'
sales to-day, i79 balos; uplands. g1Sc:; Or
leans, gii-iCc.; net receipts. Sc, 800 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, 27.i56 bales;
10 the Continent, 1890 bales: stock, no.
s3i bales. Southern -four dull and steady,
common to fair extra, s3.i0as3,9o; good to
choice do. S3e0is4.5S. Wheat unsettled,
Aai4c. up. strong. and quiet; No. red,
Si.02[ in elevator. sL041 ahoat; Ne.
red. g7j<aosc. options advanced Aaxc.,
closing strong, through improved money
conditions: trading quiet; No. red, De-
cember, si.02Sl January. $i.oSH; Feb
ruary, siAss. Corn higher and scarce,
No. 2, 62I.as3hc. in elevator; ungradsd,
mixed, e2h aG5c. steamer. mixed. 65stc.;
options strong and Na4c. higher on light
or offerings and better financial condi-
tons; December. 63c.; January, e21c.:
May, 6ixc. Oats dull but steady; OPP
tions frmer and fairly active; December,
500 January. 50ac.: May, Sac. No.
white, December. 5ixc.; January. .52t.e
$3.50. February. 52sl a5ss(c.; spot priceoo
No. 8 white. 50kaSic.; No. 2. Dhs6il(A
Coifee-Options opened steady 5aio points
up and closed steady iOs2o points ~,
Local 4 o euy ysna 9ri'' psss%esT March,
Sl5.iOa$i5.g5; May. si5.l5; spot Rio duh
and easy: fair cargoes, l94c.; No. 7. f7Ha
1870. Sugar. Raw fairly active and steady;
refined steady aud quiet. Molasses-
Foreign nominal; New Orleans quiet and
steady. Rice duh but steady. Petroleum
steady and quiet; refined, all ports. 7.2sc.
Cotton-seed oil steadier; crude, OF grade.
l9a20c. yellow, on grade, 25a25c. Rosin
Quiet aud steady; strained, common 10
good, S1.i5aSL50. Turpentine dull and
weak AZ SaSc. Wool quiet and weak.
Pork dull. Beef duh but steady. Beef
hams quiet and steady. Terced beef duh
but steady. Cut-meats quiet and weak.
Middles quiet and firm. Lard active.
higher. and strong; western steam, S8-lo,
city. S5.60aS5.70; January. 1920 bid
February, $685.; May. $50; refined
stronger; Continent. S6aS6.s5; South
America. $40. Freights 10 Liverpool.
heavy; cotton, sd; grain. "a. asked
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, December e.--Cotton duh;
middlIng, 99sc. Flour quiet; Howard-street
and western super. S3aS9.i0 do. do. ex-
ira. S3.G0aei.40; do. do. family. Si.caS5;
city mills. Rio brands. extra, s5aSaD;
winter wheat patent S5a5. 20: spring do.
| s.. SOaS5.50; do. do. straight, 20. l0ae5.2s.
do. do. extra. St.3OaSi50. WHEAT
Southern firm and scarce; Fultz. s8c.a
81 longberry, 95c,aSi; No. 2. We;
steamer No. AIRED, 93c.; western steady;
No. 2. winter red. spot, msla935.c.;
December, g3Aa934c., January. 9slla
| 95slc.: May. SlOlH Corn-South-
ern firm white. 52asSc. yellow, S7a59c.;
steamer, b5c. graded No. 2. 5sc. western
quiet; mixed, spot. $780,. year, Ssi a5sc.
| January, 59c.; MAY, 5la59lc.; steamer,
| 55c. Oats quiet: uncraded southern and
Pennsylvania, 50aj2I &C., do. do. GOA
| coke; graded No. 2, white, 52a52Ec.
| No. 2, mixed 50l5Ohc. Rye trm; choice,
7saS0c. eoDdtoprime, 75a71c.; common to
far, 72asic. Hay fairly active; choice
timothy. Sl0.5OaSll good % prime. s9.1Oa
| SO. Provisions steady; mess-pork, cll.oO.
| Bulk-meats 0oose) Shoulders. 5Ac. long
clear, che: clear-rib sides. tie; sugar.
| picked shoulders, che; sugar-cured
| smoked shoulders. ~ hams. large,
lO}Sc; small, lie. Lard-kehned, 40.
| Butter firm: fancy creamery, llaIsc. DO.
| fair TO choice, 25a26o do. imitation. 2la
| 24c; ladled, fancy, 23c.; do. good 70
choice, lda2lc. Eggs firm strictly fresh,
27a2sc. ice-house, DC. Coffee dull Rio
carsocs, fair, i9Ac.; No. 7, llNc, sugar
active. Copper steady: refined, liaatlSc.
| Whisky fairly active at Sl2lafl.A
| Freights 90 Liverpool per steamer quiet.
cotton, 26c.. hour, l2s. grain, ID. cork
! for orders, 2s.9d.a3s Sales Wheat, 3d.
900 bushels; corn. $4,000 bushels.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. December g.-Cash -four easy
and unchanged. No. 2spring wheat. 6s4a
| s9Jtc. No. red. 9Oisa92c. No. 2 corn,
| 52ibc. No. oats, 43lfc. Mess pork, a. i2isa
| @S25. Lard, S5.G2T Short-riba, S5se5 0o.
| Shoulders. SL50aSi.G2ll. short clear,
IS. 25aS5.S0. NhskoG SllA
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