The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-06

dun and irregular: February delivery 52slc;
May delivery 5l5sc; No. red. on spot, 5234 q
5S5zc; western white, $4,000; No white,
54eSssssc: spot prices. No 2 sea aSas1c; mixed
western 5i654ISc- Hops quiet and Arm; Pacific
coast 29036c. new 4S0l4Sc; state, common to
February delivery 10 !5@l5. 5; March deliv-
cry 16 45116 S.: April deli cry 10 20: May
delivery IS s5Gl6 90; July delivery IS 2s6G15 As;
September delivery IL 0OGl4 05; spot Rio
quiet but firm; fair cargOes Ice; No. Z,
17ISc Sugar-Faw in demand and firm;
fair refining 45sc bid centrifuSals 96o test Size
bid; refined higher. G 15-l69,51sc; white extra
c 7-l616 &C, yellow l5-lbD5 Lice; of A SIS
as e-l6c, mould A Site standard A s-i6c,
confectionery A slice. cut loaf 3 i6c crushed
6lSc. powdered i-l6c, granulated 6I4c, cubes
8 5-l6c- Molasses-Foreign nominal: New
Orleans quiet, firm; common to fancy 276G3tc.
Petroleum quiet and steady; crude in bar
rels, Parkers, 81 10; rein d, all ports, 81 - q.
Z IS; refined, in bulk, 81 30. Cotton seed oil
OF grade 29l1025c; yellow off grade 250
csc. Wool quiet, firms domestic fleece 3fG137c;
pulled 26033c; Texas 17@24c. Hides duh and
easy. wet salted-New Orleans selected. ~ 20
Provisions-Pork active and firm; old mess
50 5O1l0 90; new mess Sll 00011 so: extra
prime SO 500l0 90. Beef steady and firm;
family 80 0009 50; plate s. 00A7 So Beef
hams, quiet but strong at s12 500l3 on. Tierced
beef quiet and easy; city extra, India mess,
$13 00AI3 so. Cut meats quiet but steady;
&c; pickeled hams 7A@Sc. Middles quiet and
cay; short clear IS SO. Lard quiet but firmer;
western steam Sc 1910; city. S. 81; options
February delivery Sc u asked ask March delivery
July delivery SO so; refined quiet; continent
SO 1905 40 South America So 90. Butter
quiet at Is025c. Cheese active; light skins
| 50s1Sc. Freights to Liverpool quiet and weak;
| cotton 5-32d; grain 3D. asked.
| CHICAGO. Feb. 5.-Wheat opened quiet, subse-
| quently the weakness disappeared, but returned
| again and bears were in control during the last
| fifteen minutes of the session. During that
| time the price of May dropped from around
| 81 90 TO 991Sc. The drop was occasioned by the
| report that it was raining again in California.
Corn was strong on small receipts and the scar.
| city of contract grain. The good demand for
cash corn was also stimulant to speculative
buyers. Oats were barely steady. Only a small
| amount of business and not much interest was
manifested in that cereal. Provisions were
| firmer than of late. The figures OF the weeks
packing in the west showed an increase for the
last week of 100, 900 head more than for the like
| time a year ago, and the increase for the season
already reaches the enormous total of $50 600
head
CHICAGO. Feb 5.-Cash quotations were as fol
| lows: Flour unchanged; spring patents 81 406
80; winter patents 81 506D4 80; bakers So T5a
ATS Wheat-No. 2, spring 95Is6be5Ikc; No.
red, 9flec Corn--No. 2, 5116@5134c. 0ats-No
| 2, 4iAc. Mess pork, per barrel, 80 60d
975. Lard ct SIS 7aLk6D5 70. Short rib sides
| loose, 81 60Df 80. Dry salted shoulders, boxed
| SO 90D4 90. Short clear sides. boxed, s. 0OG
5 05. Whisky at 81 IA.
| Leading futures ran yed as follows: