Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-10

MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK.

NEW Yosx, May e.-Cotton quiet and stsedY
sales to-day. 40 bales; uplands, lo-ltc; VI
lcans essc mex ,sceiPss, al gosis $3.50 os,sss
2,54s bales; TO the Continent, 100 n~iess
stock, 43s,3it bales. Southern -four duh an0
heavy. Wheat lower and fairly active 30
options declined an through the day and ciossd
under yesterday through weak cablcs and eens
srsi pressure 70 realize No, red. May, ei:i0,
June, sL0sA; July, sl.o0; August si;Vo3f
s0sslc. In elevator; options ssa1isc lower. liebo
offerings; moderately active; Nay, 72tc-; June>
67ssc.; July, 65ssc. Oats duh and irregulsrs
options ds ssss May ss Jug s. &c
Hops nrn and quiet. coree-options stesdys
closed 8 down . points ppi MAY, siI.s2e
sITee JSl,sis,5ss ssl ,,s spO, Rio 2siss
quiet and nominal refined quiet and un-
changed. Molasses--foreign quiet; New On.
leans quiet Rice quiet and iirn: Petroleum
steady s ssa GoIG, refined , NEW as on
s7.iS, in Saik 4scs4e5. cct,on-sssd
Gil quiet and nrm; crude, on grade, 2Sa2p.i
yellow on grade S0lza31c. Roeln dull and
steady Tsrpentine quiet and s'esay. ros x
products quies and frm. Lard lower and dull
western steam, s6.77; city, s6.to; July, $500
bid Freights steadys and quiet.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, May 0.-cash quotations were =
follows: Flour steady and unchanged. No. q
spring wheat, sl.03; NO. 9 rcd, el.o3ael.00s
No. 2 corn 624c No. oats, 4eNc. PORK,
S11.60as1f.65. Lard, s6.45as65O. Short
ribs, S6ass605. Dry sailed shoulders es.20A
1928. Short clear, s650as6.00. Whiskey,e1.l7.
There was quite heavy trade In wheat to-day
within an irregular range, prices ruling both
above and below the closing figures OF yesterday.
July opened AZ 00c against 99stc. at the close
yesterday. The entire trade seemed 70 be beaFs
ish. Everybody was trying to &c, rid Of grain
but very few were successful Big bear leaders
who had anticipated selling large quantities OF
grain we're disgusted and started In 10 engineer
rise. The result was that the early sellers
soon found themselves scrambling to get thetr
grain back again, which In tho nrst minute
touched 99t4c, sold OF in tho early dealings to
o7a4c. When the bears took on horns and began
TO buy the price shot up TO 81. Having made
hard spot the bears again turned sellers, and on
their offerings reaction 20 eelsc. fole
lowed. Thea came rally 10 yotc,
but bear offerings were too heavy and .
decline succeeded, the market closing at eSyec.
May was rather q fancy deal and closed about IL
i Nc higher than on yesterday. Corn was fshiy
Active and firm. The feeling at the opening was
fairly steady, but the local crowd Was bcarfsh
and sold enough 10 cause break In prices Tho
market then grew strong In sympathy with the
July opened at 50a59i4c., declined TO 5Sc., raj
lied 20 50lfc., and closed at bSisc. Tho early
selling was caused by fine weather and indica-
tons OF large crops. Oats wero fairly active bus
unsettled. There was talk OF dry weather ~ one
time aud rain at another, which kept prices
moving up and down within q liberal range.
Provisions started out weak with tbs grains. de-
chned still further, advanced sharply on large
buying by Kenneth, Hopkins, and other commits
sion firms, and then weakened. July pork start
ed out at SIC, sold 90 s11.s5, improved TO
sl2.12If, aud receded 10 sll.9O.