Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-05
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK.


ygw YoRr. August 4.-Cotton quiet; sales 70.
day, cGs bales; las; evening, corfec.eu' 10.
bales: upiands, Sc: Orleans. 7-l6c. net
receipts az all ports. 1.5A bales; exPons-C
Great Britain, - bales; France, 5.S es,ss'
Continent. 80 bales; stock. 21s,76d bales
Flour active for export and home trade steady.
Southern -four quiet aud steady. Whcat ".
regular. closing steady and active ior exP"Is
trading: No. . red, 09Acasl In elevator no.
3, D6hc. Options advanced ssaytc. on stronger
cables ana foreign buying, declined sale on
weak priyste cables and long selling. reacted "a
sc. and closed firm at taA under yesterun s!.
Sales include No rcd. August 99c; sep,em'
$1,000: December. e1.o1N: Corn - 500.
oponed cosy aud closed steady and quiet;
No. 2. 7l&a71Ac. In elevator EssSS
7s,4c. sfoai; anersdei mixed, Toasvc.:, No s;,s
wheat, opening steady and In part }Sc. up, DC
clining szassc, rescting ilatsc- and closing nrn'
August, 6oi4a5sySc.; closing oslo; September
G6a86ssc.: sing, 6oiac.; October. closing.
64iec: De .cmbor, closing, 51b4c. Oats-spot
irmer and active: options quiet and irmer;
August. 33i9a33t4c.: closing. $3.50: scptemoer,
3}a33i6c.: closing, 3c.; October closing, $780,
spot, No ;, BE; DO. white. 3.a3. tsc.: no: =,
37ias394c.; No /, 40c. mixed western, Soa
a3gc.: white de-, ]6s52:. Hops weak and quiet.
Coifee-Options opened steady and unchanged 10
B points UP ard closed steady AZ halo points
advance on near mouths: August, slo.soa
1880; September, slJ6IaSlJ1O; October,
si4.45asii.b5: November. sl3.60asl3,o;
December. s1335as13.40: January, sl3a
si3lO: February, sl2.95asI305; March,
sl2.9oasI2.95; spot Rio steady fair cargoes,
49,: No. Z, 17tCc. sugar-Raw firm; more
active: fair reinng. 25sc.; centrifugal. W tesf,
3 5-i6c.: refined quiet and easier; No. z, 'ssc:;
standard "a Age; cut LOAF. Sts.; granuia,eh,
4.1sa4.31c. Molasses-Foreign nominal: New
Orleans quiet and firm. Rice quiet and firm.
Petroleum quiet and steady: re1ned, New YORK.
sG.7Oa$6.SD; Philadelphia and Baltimore,
s6.65as0 SO; do. in bulk. s43Oasi3s Cotton
seed oil duh. Resin dull and easy. Turpentine
quiet and steady; quoted at 354s36c. Wool
steady and In fair demand. Pork quiet and steady.
Peanuts steady; fancy band-pickcd. 4lsatA;
farmers, "slG3Ac. Beef firm. Beef hams nrii:
Grmer; picked bellies, 724nsc. Middles steady;
short clear. September, $40. Lard castor
and dull Western steam, e6.s5; city steam'
s0.30aS6.3J. Options-August, $685. septem-
&7.03. Refined qule, Continent. &6.00as1l2;
South American, 1915. Froghts TO Liverpool
active and strong; cotton, 5-64a3-32d; grain'
81.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. August 4.-The wheat market was
se,cng and weak by turns to-day. aud the close
WAS about 1yc. lower than on yesterday. Inc
market was chiefly governed by outside adyice',
aud as these were more or less contradictory, tne
market was kept see-sawing around the open
Ing. Paris was quoted strong aud advancing.
later II WAS said to bc weak and lower. Liver.
pool. while enjoying couple OF holidays. was
hrrt quoted I'd. higher. and then u was said THAT
buyers were holding of. There Was suspicion
that the reports were being manipulated. Nearly
all Of the later private adyices were weak,
but tho Board Of Trades cable quoted
Paris - confines higher, Antwerp %
ceutmes higher, and Berlin marks
higher on August. Altogether the news
OF the day was badly muddled. Tho early action
Of the market Indicated that IL was bulled by
parties who were long on December around 9"c.,
and that they were making q market 20 cell on
fpr-
frightened shorts, II had sold up 10 that figure
from 9ll.c. at the opening. the longs began 10
let 20 their holdings freely. The advance was
rapid and accompanied by considerable excite
ment. Tho decline was just az rapid. a number
of heavy ira iers Offering with freedom. Decem.
Der dropped under this lead 90 9094c. then II
rallied TO 91i4c., but broke again this time 10
puisc., edvuucei 10 9ll.c., ruled quiet during
the last hour, eased on near tho close. AMI
closed weak at HOS.c. Corn was governed
largely ty tho course II wheat. The
opening was quiet at 57a57hc. for Sep
tember, but when wheat made the sharp squirt
corn became excited In sympathy and Scptem-
Der sold at 519sc. At this point there va, u
drop to Doc, but the market again rallied TO
j7ssc., eased OF, became dun, and closed at
$3.50. Oats were quiet and steady throughout
the session with fluctuations confined to Lc
range for September. The provision pit was
also subjected To contradictory reports. Tho
estimated receipts OF hogs were $4,000, and tho
REPORTS ~ to the number received varied between
5000 and $4,000. while the condition OF the
market Was quoted both "a firm and IA higher
and steady. The market opened rather frm.
but when one Of the dealers cnieayorcd to
market rome Of his holdings " pork there was
no demand and prices went Of. There WAS a
slight rally later, but then another recession
with the close near the bottom. Ribs followed
pork. Lard duh and weak during most Of the
session.
Cash quotations: Flour steady and unchanged.
No. = spring wheat sOleas0sc.; No. > red,
s9I4c. No. corn' 591ac. No. , oats; :'asa
21s,c. Mess-pork, slLl2ls. Lard, s6.55le.
Short-rhs. s6.70as6.75. Dry-salted shoulders.
s5.90as6. short-clear S7.20as130. Whiskey,