Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-03
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, March ACTION quiet sales,
2l7 bales; uplands. g iSl6I. Orleans, 91sc. net
receipts, all ports, l7,2S6 bales; exports-to
Great Britain, l5,isl bales: to France, l,S4o
bales to the Continent, 2asSl bales; stock,
7l2, $50 bales. Southern hour steady aud In fair
demand; common to fair extra, t3.45ss4; good
to choice do, $lsta50. Whsat-Marketd dull and
unchanged; No. 2 red, tLl0H In elevator
changed 10 Nc. advance No. . red, March.
sl.O95s; May, tL06H; June, sL03k July. tl.OOk.
Corn 1rmer aud quiet: No. 2. 6oa6ohc In sie-
vstor; 66kc. afioat; ungrsded mixed. osxao6Ae.;
steamer mixed, 6oaoeac.; No. 3, size: options
firm at LalIc advance snd dull; March, 6Sc.;
April, &c. May exc; July, 6ihc Oats dun
aud UNCHANGED; options duh and weaser;
52Hc; spot No. 3, sac. No 2, &c. mixed west
ern, 53a5Sc. Hops easy and quiet state, com
mon TO choice, 22a3ic. Coffee-Optione opened
firm and closed steady TO l0aSO up and more se-
May, sI7.30as17.D; July, ti6.oOssih65; spot Rio
active and higher: fair cargoes, SAD; No. Z.
slSSH es1S50. sugsr-ksw dun aud nominal
centrifugals, 9S-test, SIC. {; refined tirm and
low, 3-l6a5 l-l6c. mould A. 6Ac. standard A,
1l-i6c. confectionery A, CSC. cut-ioaf 6he;
crushed, Sc; powdered, SIC grsauiased,
6Ac.; cubes, SAC. Nolssses-foreign nominal !;
New Orleans quiet and steady common 10
fancy. g7a82c Rice steady and quiet domestic,
feir 10 extra, ba5hc.; Japan, oa6hc. Petroleum
quiet and steady: refined, all ports, sSa7.oOc !:
90. in bulk, 4.9oc. Cotton-seed oil nrm and
quiet; crude, on grade, 23as6o. yellow on
grade, 29a3Oc kosln firm and In fair demand;
strained, common 70 good, tl.SafL53. Turpen-
tine more active and firm al 4OkaAlc. sales,
800 barrels. Wool tirm and quiet; domestic
fleece, 3la37c.: pulled, 2SsS3; Texas. p7a24c
PORK active and irm; old mess, 9.aoaslo; new
mess, SIC, 5Ostl1.s5; extra prime, s9af9.5l Beef
steady and quiet family, $S60atlQ50; extra
mess, ta50as7.2h Beef-hams steady demand
irmer; quoted at 81 rierced eeef duii BUT
steady; city extra India mess, sl2asn. CUT
meats dun but steady picked bellies ~
shoulders, 1915; hams, s7.75s$S. Middles dull
and frmer :shortclear, $500. Lard strong ana
quiet: western steam, $602k; city, $o.oossaoO;
March, 500; April, $500 May, SO 10 bid July,
1892. Freights dull and unchanged.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, March Cash quotations were
as follows: Flour nrm aad unchanged.
No 2 spring wheat, 0Aag4kc.; No. 2 red. 9o5I
94c. No. corn, sc. No 2osts, 4Bns4lc. Mess"
PORK, per barrel So 65ss9 10. Lard per 100 pounds
Dry-salted shoulders tboxedl, s;as4lo short
clear sides (boxedl, s4S5afLs0. Whisky. $l.lL
rush OF selling orders and boarish news
from the crops and from abroad put the prices
compared with 9sl s9s}sc. at the close OF sat,ir.
DAYS session. There was an immediate rebound
70 96Ic., aud the bulk OF the business Thereafter,
up 10 within an hour OF the close, was Done a.
and around soA. Inc nrmness WHICH " ~ nPp"-
rent within few minutes Of the opening was
Increased toward the close BY the strength OF
the latest foreign dispatches Tho May delivery
was advanced to TAc. aud closed at Ths6he.
OF the $50 cars Of corn received to-day, not one
was Of contract grade. The weather was motst
over considerable stretch OF country, which 10
against any increase OF contract grain. The
market opened nrm at 55Hc. for May ana inc
offerings were 80 light 10 response 10 the bids tina.
II soon advanced 20 Sc. There was dun spell
and q somewhat heavier feeling when the esti-
mated receipts for tomorrow were reported a.
4l2 cars. but the shorts were the uneasy party In
the days dealings, and IL did not require much
effort on the part Of few good buyers TO run .
good many Of them In. sale or two at as much
as 5Sl<c took place. Oats opened steady, ad-
yancing with corn, and declining when that
cereal weakened. Tho market was quiet and
uninterssting. The provision market was nrm AZ
the commencement OF trading, and. gathering
strength a. the day progressed, considerable
advance in prices was established for all tho
leading speculative commodities. PORK made
an advance OF ABOUT INC. near the close. Lard
was advanced from 1886 for May at the opening
TO sa92k, and closed st the latter quotation, IS
6 impaired with s6.SS on saturday. Ribs gained
Ihc.