Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-14
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. February i3.-Cotton 1rms
Gales, 5S bales: midding up'ands. 13-l6c:
middling Orleans, 2 o t6d.: total net receiptss
tain, 1885 bales: TO France. p,4s5 bales; 70
the Continent. 7,543 bales; stock, 1,2l3,Z6d
bales Southern oour frm and quiet Wheas
higher and fairly active; No. red. sL0fAa
sl.04A in store and elevator; options cioscd
stesdy-i1a1L lc. over yesterday; No. = red. Feb
ruary, tio4ss; May, s1.02i4. Corn hregu-
lar, closing weak and quiet; No. 2, $3.50
lower; February, t9asc.; May. 1870. Oats
stronger and quiet: options dun but un-
changed TO NC. up and rrm; May, 37ssc.; spot
s S and osS,S 90 s.s cOssa
1870; May. sl2.y5: spo, Rio duh and easy;
No. Z. 14s4at4ssc. sugar-Renned quiet AMI
steady. hosssses New Orleans duh but steady;
common 70 fancy. "ssjoc Rice Inactive but
steady. Petroleum steady ami quiet. cotton
seed oil quiet and steady: crude, 25isc. Resin
duh but steady; strained, common 10 good.
sl.30asl.3 %. Turpentlne quiet and firm, at
J4isa35c. Peanuts quiet. Meat market quiet.
Lard nrmer and quiet; western steam, $3.50,
bid: February, s6.s4; May, s5aS7.Ol. freights
Irregular and dull.
CHICAGO. February l3.-1he wheat market
was rather strong most OF the day, the news
vas mostly bullish. aud the buying WAS at times
quite sharp. though largely professional. ard
the ontside business was slack. The ant-opton
bill now pending In Congress was less OF . factor
In tho trading than IL has been for several days
past, as the impression seems TO be gaining
ground on the board that it will not become
law. at least In its original form. Tho seaboart
aud interior markets all started higher. and
for a time there was fairly active trading
here. The buying orders seened 10 como
chiefly from New York. The selling wae eau
tious and shorts covered pretty freely. For Q
time the market maintained itself rtutborniy,
May selling from aOSi TO 9lisc, and held for
considerable time at 903s anu Ole. Then Paid
ridge began to sell and seemed determined 10
III the crowd no. For time me offerings wero
readily absorbed, but finally tho price began 20
Weld. This Was the signal for some OF the early
buyers % begin unloading. and the week.-mrs.
increased. Then the crowd began TO slepeci
that New York had been bullng the market 10
get hard spot 10 sell on, and the trade began
gradually sold OH 10 p0itc. During tho
last hour, however, there was 70.
action, and May closed strong at nlisc.
Corn WAS quiet and weak, the demand was
rather sluggish. and as some large iots were
thrown on tho market, prices yielded some. May
opened Vac. higher, at 42esc., IN sympathy WITH
the strength in wheat and because ~ an AL
vance OF tld. at Liverpool. and worked slo~iy
down TO iIisc., assisted by large estimated ro'
ceipts on Monday. but IL rallied IN the last hour
with wheat, and closed steady at 42lsc. Oats were
were dull and easy, and closed with loss OF ~.
The receipts Of hogs were light and prices steady.
Hog products opened firm In sympathy wiin
| wheat and advanced slightly, then weakened
SOME, and closed With slight gains on pork aud
lard, but With ribs unchanged.
Cash quotations: Flour DUH and steady. No.
. spring wheat. S73lc.: No. rel, p04sc.
No. 2 corn. 40lec. No. 2 oats, 2oa2Dllc. Moss
pork, $500. Lard, s6., jasB.57le Short ribs.
s5.S5js. Observation-Disclosures, s5as5.25 short
clear sides, s6.20as0.25. Whlskey. ella.
Iha leading utures ranged As lOllOss.