Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-17
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.


NEW YORK, February I6.-cotton quiet !;
saleb to-day 20I bales; uplsnds. 9kc. Orleans,
e-i6c. net receipts, 20,S77 bales; exports-Io
Great Britain, 29,52S bales; 70 France, l,2od
bales; 10 tne Continent, GAS bales stock, s4,-
i6Y bales, Southern nour quiet aud steady;
common 10 fair extra, s. 45af4: good to choice
DO, siai5.5O. Wheat firmer and very duh No.
red, sl.ilA In elevator; Sl.l2's anoat; options
unchanged TO &c. up on decreas IN the visible
supply, closing steady; No. rod, February.
SLO0h. Corn quiet closed steady; No. 2, 02hc
ia elevator; $40 saoat uDgraded mixed, os1q
exc; steamer, mixed, 62h a63Ac.; options
steady at q haAc. advance on reserved oner-
ings; February, 62Hc. March, &C.; May,
$500. Oats steady aud quiet; options duh aud
unchanged 70 Nc. down February, 62kc: {;
March, sac. Msy. 5lAc.; No. 2whlte, March,
53Ac. May, b2Ac; spot prices NO. =, ozHa
opened firm and unchanged 10 Is points up and
closed steady; 5ae5 points up and more active
GU better cables February, fiLl5sSl7. 20 /;
March. tl695asI7; April, tl67Oatl6.1S; May,
slG5Oasi6.S5; June sla35stlStei July, No.sa
$3.50; spo! Rio nrm and dull: fair eargoee,
sl9 25a&l950; No. z, xl7.7a Sugar-Rsw dull but
so-tes., SKc.: rennsd quiet and easy
q, 3-i6a5Hc. standard A, q 7-loc.
Molasses-Forelgn nominal; New Orleans quiet
aad steady: common to fancy, NsS2c. Rice
quiet and steady domestic, fair TO extra, ba
exc. Japan, 6a64c. Petroleum steady and
quiet; refined. al ports, S7.e5as7.oO; do, in
bulk, 1896. COtton-seed oil quiet and arm
crude, OIL grade, 23a2oc yellow, on grade, ga
29c Resin quiet and steady; strained, common
to good, 81 42Hssi.4S Turpentine quiet and
steadier at 40k ai0kc. Pork active and firm
old mess, f9.s5aSlO25; new mess, tl0l5tll.25
extra prime, SgaS9.73 Beef steady and quiet;
family, SQ50asi050; extra meas, to.75eS1.o %
Beef hams nrm and quiet; quoted at $40.
Tierced beef duh but steady; city, extra India
aTo an fNtrf- Hnl
picked bellies. s l-ioa5ko; shoulders, ohe
hams, 7Las Middles quiet and easy; short
clear, S. %. Lard opened arm aud closed weak ;
western steam, $500 bid; city, $3.50; March,
refined quiet; continent, s6aSd. 70 South Amert-
ca, S073. Freights 10 Liverpool weak and dun ;
cotton, 9-6id. grain, I'D.
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE, February 16-Cotton nominal ;
miGdling, $40. Flour duh: Howard-street ana
western super, s. l0afS 80; do. do. extra, s. lOa
$3.50; do. 10. fasily, eL00sf5: city mills, hio
brands. extra, s. l5as58; winter wheat, patent
S5as5.50; spring do. do. ias5Asa7o; do. do,
straight, S5as6.4o; DO. do. extra, Si.2oa34. %.
Whest-soltnern nrrn: Fultz. sls$l!s0; Long
berry, si.O3afl.09; No. 2, ii.0S; steamer, No. 2,
red, 97c. western quiet; No. winter red, spot
slO2x As1o3; FebruarJ, ti.0ekatL@; May
6ls62c. yellow, Giatec.; steamer, olc.
graded, &C.: western steady mixed
spot 6Ikc.: February. 6ikc.; March
cox s6ic.; Nay, bsssa5s1tc.; steamer, ooa6OSs 9.
Uafs--ungraded southern Pennsylvania oCa
SIC. do. western white 5lAo2c; DO. mixea'
50a5ic. grated No white, size; do mixed,
bOc. Rye castor choice. @aslc. good 70 prime,
sbassc.: common 90 fair, 8)aS2c. Hay nrm
choice timothy. fi05Oasli; good 70 prime, ~ oa
SO. Provisions quiet; mess pork-old, tlOD;
new, fi075; bulk-meats-loose shoulders, 4Ac.
long clear, SIC; clesr-riD sides, SIC. sugar.
picked shoulders, 5Hc.; sugar-eurod snosoo
fined. re; crude, 64c. Butter active and
scarce; creamery, fancy, &c. do. far
TO choice. e4a26o. do. imitation, 25c.; lsdled,
fancy. g2a23c. do, good 70 choice. Ioa
iGS S Eggs quiet: strictly fresh, ice. Coffee
Arm; Rio cargoes fair, lsHal9Ae. NO. Z, 1859
IKE Sugar quiet; granulsted, ehc. Copper
active refined, lsal2kc Whisky arm, 81. 2la
sl.A. Freights TO Liverpool per steamer quiet
orders Is. "a. ABS. RecsiptseFloar. $3.50 barrels
2,4Og bushels. No shipments. saies-Wheat
1851 bushels corn, S2.2A bushels.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, February 1a-cash quotations
Flour unchanged. No. spring wheat, 94kc
No. 2red. 0sg7<c, No. acorn. 60szc. No. = oats
axe. Mess-pork, s9.s5. Lard, xe.5sasaoah
Shortribs 81. sOas4o5. shoulders, t.Jet3; ehorF
clear, sl.75aSLs0. Whiskoy. tl.h
Hutchinson was selling wheat, corn, oats, and
PROVISIONS, and his was the dominating local In
snuence In the grsin-plts. The fluctuations in MAY
we're confined 70 Thas7hc. as the highest ioi
tho nrst hour. After touching 98xc. there was
a break on free selling 90 ExaUKc., but there
was A litlle recovery before the close. Corn was
generally rather nrm except during the break
In wheat which II sold Oh somewhat IN sympn-
thy. There was no news OF importance
affecting values, ana local influences gov
erned trade throughout, which was light.
Oats were about steady. The masket was
quiet, attracting little attention outside o.
the local seal ping crowd. Tho provision
business was dull and generally heavy in tone
without especial cause Ia anything which
cropped up to-day 70 account for sns downward
tendency OF prices. The receipts OF hogs wers
rather under previous estimates. bus there Wal
no activity Ia demand for them. There wal
more than enough for all who wanted anythins
10 the line OF PROVISIONS, and at the close pori
was IKE. lover than at the corresponding tint
on saturday, having, IN the course OF tho dal
o. on Sc, lover Than the price IL closed 81. Lert
cl.sed AZ 2kc. decline since Saturday. The de
v.l-e 10 ribs is SC.