Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, August l2.-Cotton quiet: sales TO-
day 2G3 bales; upanfs, l-lUc.; Orleans,
Sb9c. net receipts at all ports. l,lOo bales
no exports; stock, 2O3,sSs bales. Flour gene
rally stronger: fairly active. southern Hour
firm aud quiet. Wheat-Ihe spot market 2ajc.
higher; active for export: No. =, red, sIO3t4l
BLOB In elevator; sL0512as IO1h alOai
options advanced steadily and closed strong al
211a.iAtc. advance over yesterday under the
continued UnfayOrabe crop news, especially
from Russia ana higher cables, which bring Ia
large number OF buying orders and y full gene
raj export demand. which runs into deliveries
up to February, with the steady largo clear
ances here ann from the outpOrtr; No. Fed.
August, sl.OJ: September. SIOis; October,
800; November, sLOJ34; December, eLOObe.
Corn-Spot unsettled and quiet, closing easier,
No. :, 7la74Isc. In elevator; 7ja754.c. anoat;
ungraied mixed, 7la7Jt.c.; options advanced
Hall.c. with wheat, tgt had little speculative
tension aud closed Irregular and duh August,
re. September, 6s1,c.; October, 66c. Oats
spots higher and irregular; options irregular,
closing weak; August, SOC. September, 3iltc.;
October, 3+34c.; spot prices-No. 3, 43c. do.
white, 4lc.; No. 2, 43ai4c.; do. white. 49a
Soc. No. |, 46c.; 10. white, Ole; mixed
western, 4la4dc.; white. do, 5ja56c. Hops
easy and quiet; Picl, coast, l6a19tsc.
Conee-Options opened steady, 5al0 points
down, and closed steady and 5al0
down; August, sl6.40; September, $1,000;
October, sli.JOasl-.55; November, 1855 4;
December, sl3.i0; March. 81. 90a12. % ; spot
Rio nrmer and more active; fair cargoes.
$3.50; No: Z, sl7:371s Sugar-Raw quiet and
steady fair refining, SC. centrifugsls, 96-,cst
3 7-l6c.; refined quiet and unchanged. Mo
lar-es-Forcign nominal; New Orleans firm
AMI quiet. Rice trIn and quiet. Petroleum
quiet and easier; crude, In barrels, Parkers,
5.S5c. do. in bulk, 3.25c; refined, New York,
6.50a6.6jc.: Philadelphia and Baltimore, 0.43a
U.6Oc.; do. in bulk, 4.10s4.15c. Cotton-seed oil
firmer. Rosin qaiet aud steady. Turpentine
quiet and steady. Wool quiet and steady do
nestle fleece, 3Oa37c. Pork active and strong.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-pcked, 4Isatl4c.;
farm ,rs, 2}.a3S4c. Beef quiet and firm. Beef
hams easy and dull. Tierced beef nrm; city
extra India mesa. si9.50as21. Cut-meats
strong; pic.led shoulders. 614a6lsc. do. hams,
Hal lac. MidiIes 1rm; short-clear, septem-
Der, ~. Lard easy At points advance and quiet !;
western steam, $500; city, 1920; options
September, $3.50 asked: October, 81 asked !;
November, $40; December, 1920 bid re-
fined dull Continent, s6.s0ae7.20; South
America, s1.55. Freights 20 Liverpool weak and
dun; cotton, SGD; grain. 3D. asked.
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, No., August l1.-Flour In better
demand md higher family &3.75As3S5; choice,
s33oa.3.1O; patents, "a. 3oaS4.4O. Wheat ir-
Is. higher. After the early excitement the
market was quoted down some, but later - sur
prising rush 70 buy developed among the local
traders, and as there was little for sale, q Wild,
inexplicabie advance Of &c. vas scored In 8 few
seconds. After the shorts had been driven In
the longs would buy no more, and as there was
consequently little demand. prices dropped back
steadily. the close being Jsa1tc over yesterday |;
No red. cash. 9llSapySsc. August, 90a93lxc.
closing, 9lAc.; September. SD$ta921Sc, closing.
9l9sc.; December, 931sa9SI<r.; closing, 953.c.
Corn dull most OF the time. The feeling was weak
and prices declined ~, bat the feeling in whea,
lifted corn up with II. This was not maintained,
however, and the close was haISc. below yestor-
day. No. Z cash, SIC: September, 54Isa56c. |;
closing, 54Isc. oals dun: No. 2 cash, 2sc. |;
August, 27lsa2714c.: closing, 27lsc.. septem-
ber. a,I4ss7sse.; closing, s7ssc. Whisky
steady AT Sl.l7. Provisions frm bnt quiet.
PORK, sl0.75. Lard, 1920. Dry salt meats
(boxedl-Shoulders, e5.62h; longs. e1as1Oo /;
RIBS, sI.l5: short-clear, $3.50. Bacon (boxed'-
Shoulders, 81. i2ieae6.25; longs, e7.6ose7.1o;
ribs, s7.d5as1.70; ahort-clcar, e7.o7bs
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE, Angus: l2.-Fiour frmer: 70.
csipts, l2,ds3 barrels shipments, $500
barrels; sales, $50 barrels Wheat strong aud
higher; spot, s1.05t4att.05tS; the month,
el.o5t.ssl.0St1; Sepssnbcr, eL06lsael.0St;
October, et.05ss; December, ef.Oot<aeloo3S;
steamer, No. 2 red, 903Sc; southern wheat
strong; Fsltz, 9Soael.o6; Lougbsrry, Ella
el.od; receipts, 202,3S bushels; shipmenls,
s06.s30 bushels; stock, l,21t,l 2t bushels ;
sales, $4,000 bushels. Corn hrm; spot, 70c. /;
the month. roo; September, uS1tc. spot, No.
= white, zoe; southern corn nrmer; white.
6sa70c.; yellow, 7oa7ic.; rece!pts, $500 bush-
els. shipments, none; ssock. sS,SQi bushels ;
sales. 1000 bushels. Oats steady; No. white
western. 40 asksd: No Smixsd western. Aocs