Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-21
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, April 2O.--COtton quiet; sales,
204 bales; uplands, sIsc. Orleans, sSse. net
receipts, all ports, l2,f32 balesi exports-to
Great Britain, 1859 bales; 20 France, i,l5l
bales; 20 the Continent, 2,6l3 bales; stock,
1891 bales. Southern -four stronger ana
fairly active; common 70 fair extra, S43oa
s4.s5: good 20 choice, si.S5as0.2o. Wheat
s1.25 in elevator; s1.3O4anoat; options were
unusually excited and drtfted almoot steadily
TO advanced dguref, the gain Tor the day being
strength were on very strong cables and heavy
foreign buying orders, which caused pressure
to cover, with wild western markets aud further
reports OF poor crop prospects In France anu
July, sl.ie; september sI.IS&s Corn dull
and weaker; No. 2, S2aS2l6c., In elevator;
S316aS4c. anoat; options are Lakc. lower and
In good degree neglected, with the interest
TURNED to wheat; May, closing, S1Ac; June,
7s3c.; July, 769sc. Oats duh and unsettled,
closing steady; options quiet and frmer. April
and May, closing, 63tc.; July, 623c; spot, No.
2, 63a84Ac; mixed western, 6Oao4; Hops
32c. Pacific coast, 24s,2c. Cotfee--options
si7.5OasiS go; May, si75Oasi76o; July,
sl7.25as1735; spot Rio duh but nrm; fair
cargoes 20c. Sugar-Raw firm ana active; fair
refining, 3 $780, centrifugals, 96-test, 3tec.
refined duh: standard A, 4lac.: confectioners
AZ 7-l6c.; cut-oaf, b1ac.; crushed, o4c.
powdered, SC. !; graduated, 9-t6c. cubos, DC.
Moasses- Foreign dun; 50-tost, l3lSc.; New
Orleans fairly active and firm; common TO fair,
23a25c. Rice firm and In fair demand; DO
mestic, fair to extra, 5a634c. Petroleum quiet
and lower; refined, all ports, O.sOaI.l 10 90. IN
bulk. 4.55a4.60. Cotton-seed oil quiet and firm
crude, off-grade, 24a27c; yellow, on grades,
31a32ls Rosin firm and quiet; strained, com
mon TO good, s1.70asl.75. Turpentine quiet
and 1rmer at 3gIsa40c. Wool quiet ana steady;
domestic fleece, 34a37c.; pulled, 25as3 Pork
extra prime, s1i.75as12.25. Peanuts 1rm;
fancy hand-picked, 4Isc.; farmers, 2lsa3lec.
Beef in fair demand and steady family, slOa
quiet and nrIn; quoted az slS. Tierced beef
firm and quiet; city extra india mess, slOasl1'
Cut-meats quiet and firm; picked shoulders,
5La5Ifc. Middles firm but duh; short-clear,
$685. Lard easier and dull western steam,
1920; city, 1896; May, 300; July, s7.3s.
Freights 10 Liverpool barely steady and quiet
cotton, 3-32d.; grain, 11ad.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, April 2O.-Cotton without quota
BILE change in tone or price. Flour strong How
ard-street and western super, S+as4 90; do. do.
extra, s4.5Oas5; do. do. family, s5. 10aS6.SO;
city mills, Rio brands, extra, s6as6.25 winter
wheat patent, s5.40as6; spring wheat patent,
s6as6.25; do. do. straight, s5.25as5.so; do. do.
bakers, s4.s5as5.10. Wheat-southern strong;
Fultz, s1.lsas1.25; iongbery, sl.lOasl2o;
No. =, red, sL22; steamer, No. =; red, 81, ~;
western unsettled and higher; No. 2, winter
red, spot, sL2i4 April sL2i1f; NAY, sl.%iAa
y ises 0ulst8isA nus
Corn-Southern white, inactive, $40. sales: yell
low frTner at Ss1xaS0c.; western dull mixed
spot, 500 asked April, S5c. asked; May, SIC.
asked; July, 7Sc. asked. Oats very nrm; un-
graded southern and Pennsylvania, 6fs66c. do.
western white, 65a66c. do. do, mixed, 63a
doc. graded No. 2, white, sc. Rye quiet;
prime TO choice, 9ja9Sc.; good 20 fair, s5assc.
Hay firm; prime 10 choice timothy, Sl2.0Oasl3
Provisions unchanged. Butter nrm and un-
changed. Eggs firm at lac. Coffee quiet and
unchanged. Sugar 1rm; graduated, 4ssc. Whis-
key firm at Sl.24. FroIghts 70 Liverpool, per
steamer, unchanged. Receipts-Wheat, 1881
bushels; corn, 10000 bushels; oats, 5000
bushels rye, 729 bushels: -four, 1889 barrels.
Shipments-Flour, 406 barrels; corn, 1871
bushels. Sales-Wheat, $4,000 bushels; corn,
$4,000 bushels.
CHICAGO. t
CHICAGO, April 20.-Cash quotations: Flour
unchanged; No. 2 spring wheat, e1.l4asl.l0.
No = corn, 731lc. No. g oats, $3.50. Lard,
s6.S716a$6.g0. ShOrt-ribs, s0.60aS6.56; dry
sailed shoulders, e5.20as5.25. Short-clear,
s0.s0as6.sJ. Whiskey, sl.ls.
rne leading futures ranged as follows;