The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-28
rnoDycm aNp MERCHANDISE.


Southern Hour quiet. weak: common to
Fair extra. 3.700Qi. IL; good to choice do.
4.ajonls5. Wheat dull. SOL lower,
weak: No. = rcd. 1868 elevator: options
fell lhml5s on free selling by principal
Western operators; closed easy and
quiet: 9SCol under Saturday: No. . red.
Oct. 1868; Nov, i.07; Dec, l.07a,:
May l.lOa5. Corn dull. easier: No. =.
5Sltou5sM elevator: options dull, 4
lower, easy. frccr receipts; Oct, 5S5.:
Nov, 5sll; Dec. -: May. Goli.
Oats, moderately active. steady; OPP
tions quiet, easier: October As: Novcm-
Der ASH; December 1919. No. .. white,
November 5ll1m51ls: December - a.
%. Hops. fairly active. strong, new. 43
0DiS. Coffee. options closed firm: Octo-
Der $4,000 1923; November Sl7.75oo
1850: May Sl5l00n l5.53. Spot Rio quiet.
steady; fair carwocS 2Oil. Sugar. raw,
quiet, steady: fair refining ) ZIG: re-
fined quiet. steady: &. ) 1l6: yellow
5l4M55s; standard A..'Gl5. AIolasscs.
foreign, nominal: New Orleans quiet
steady. common to fancy, 2SG0lj. Rice
firm, good demand domestic, fair to
extra, 5giG6}4: Japan, 6@n6l4.
Petroleum, quiet, steady: refined.
$500. Coto cotton seed oil. iirmcr:
crude, 2S: yellow. 33m3l. Resin. steady.
tIultb. riistlIl''i, tDltlIlOIl W EtOu. l.tOt :
CDl.j0. Iurpentinc, dull. lower. 40 a01iI.
Pork, quiet steady: mess, Slle5mIIao 30;
extra primo, SlO.5Omll. Beef. dull,
steady: beef hams. quiet. weak: ticrced
beef. dali: cut meats, quiet. steady:
middlcs, quiet. steady: short clear, So. 70.
Lard, weak. dull; Western steam, $500:
city, $50: Nov. SOTO: Dec. S6.G5: Jan.
S6.s2; refined, quiet: continent, $1,000
692lG frcights, iirmcr: cotton, is.
Sd: grain. rs, Sd.
CnCAGO, Oct. 27.-l Special Wheat
fair trading: market ruled rather ir-
regular; ceiling unsettled, dcnotng
some strength early. and later developed
decided weakness. There was some dis
position to buy carly in the day, and
some Of the larger traders were num-
local operator was reported to have been
selling freely in New York and the
market quickly cascd off here. Opening
was about half a cent higher than Sat
urday; closing prices quickly declined
"SmM; then rallied 95Gn1I; held fairly
steady for a while and then declined
I4WlSs or 10 inside prices of day. nuc-
tuatcd some and closed about go, =
lover than Saturday.
Corn fair trading within X "a 4 range
with feeling trmcr early, but easier as
tIlc SESSION advanced. fluctuations III
wheat and operations Of Il large local
trader had good deal to do with the
course of the market. First trades were
ga = advance, market ruling firm foi
time, after which q decline was re-
corded rally of q followed, which
did not hold, tho market closing with
so u loss. Oats--therc was good bust
ness i'll May. but nothing of consequence
in other futures. An unsettled feeling
prevailed, prices being governed cntirel 5
by local influence. Prices nuctuatcd
freely within g range. and closing sales
were at about inside figures.
Mess pork, only fair business was re.
ported. Early, Il few transactions were
made at small advance Later. prices
fuctuatcd considerably. declined II. az
Zoe, and closed rather quiet at medium
figures. Lard, only moderate business
was transacted. Prices ruled about -
lower, and the market closed quiet a;
medium figures Short rib sides, fail
trade was reported, Prices fluctuatcd
considerably within range Off l50p5. and
the market closed quiet, at about inside
figures.