Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-18
PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, December 16.-There was little
life in trade in wheat to-day, but with
larger export clearances and the eXpecta-
ton of q decrease IN the visible supply,
closing prices were g little higher. Early
cables were weak. An advance in wheat
and flour at Paris in the late trading,
frmed up the market, with May at the top
figures of the day. Corn was festureless,
with fluctuations confined TO an &c range.
Oats, dull. Provisions, steady and lower.
Flour, steady. Wheat, cash No. 2 spring
6lJc; No. spring, 621Sc; No. 2 red 6l16c;
December 81 1Ia6l5Sc, closing at 6l5sc; May
61a67%c, closing at 675sc. Corn, cash No.
., $3.50; December 3515a355sc, closing at
3515c; January 35%a35%c. closing at
359lc; May 39s<a39%c, closing at 1910.
Oats. cash No. ?, 2Sl<c; December 2Sa2S1sc,
closing at 2S55c; January 2S11a2S5Sc, clos
ing at2S5Sc; May 3O3{a3lc, closing at 3OBc.
Flaxseed, No. l, ST 3l16. Timothy seed,
s. -. Mess Pork, cash So 50al2 81;
January SD 37l5a12 40, closing at $l2 40;
May Sl2 5Oa14 60. closing at $l2 5215. Lard,
81 6515: May s. 4216a7 so, closing at 81 A..
Short ribs, cash IS 35a6 80; January IS S5a
& 1919, closing at So %; May s. 421%a6 30,
closing at S. 10. Shoulders, So 25a6 so;
short clear So 75a7 90. Whisky, 81 10.
Butter, steady; creamery 2la2713c; diaries
lSa23o. Eggs, steady; strictly frest 23s
2315c. ReceiptS-F'lour, 1000 barrels (;
wheat, 50 600 bushels; corn, 347,0 bush
els; oats, 22S, 900 bushels; rye, 1000 bush
els; barley, 81, 900 bushels. Shipments
Flour, 81, 600 barrels; wheat, $4,000 bush
els; corn, l0l, 600 bushels; oats, 13l, 900
bushels; rye, 5000 bushels; barley, $4,000
bushels.
NEW YORK, December 16.-Flour re-
ceiptS is, 900 barrels; exports IL, 600 barrels;
sales :, 900 barrels; market dull and weak.
Wheat receipts, $4,000 bushels; exports,
200 bushels; sales, 3S5, 900 bushels fut-
dull; No. l Northern 7lMc; options dull
and lower; No. red January 671{c; March
7Oa7OlSc; May 12ISa12%c, closing at 724c;
December &C. Corn, receipts $1,000 bush
els; exports 1000 bushels; sales, 10000
bushels futures; 1880 bushels spot; mar
ket dull January 44a445sc, closing al
44kc; February 441Sc; May $40; Deem
Der 44}Ic. Oats, receipts, 1900 bushels;
exports 500 bushels: sales 10000 bushels
futures; $4,000 bushels spot; market firm
but quiet; No. white 33LIc; January
335Ec; February $3.50; May 355Sc. Hay
steady; shipping 500; good to choice S50a
80 Hops quiet; State, common to choice.
and Pacific coast lSa2215c. Hides steady.
Gut meats Qul6L. Lara weaker western
steam IS So; December IS 20; January
81 30. Pork dull and easy; new mess S14 50
ala 80; extra prime SIS 30a14 co.; family
$40 OOal6 80. Butter, duh; western dairy
lSs22c; do creamery 20a2S19c; State dairy
26c; docreamery l9a26c. Cheese dull, State
large 9all15c. Eggs, dull; State and
Pennsylvania, 241Sa21c; western fresh pa
PC. Tallow dull, city sc. Petroleum
quiet; United G9]Sc. ROsin steady; strained
common TO good 81 271SR1 32]5 Turpentine
easy at 291zc. Rice steady; extra 35sa515c;
Japan &c Molasses dull; New Orleans
open kettle, good 70 choice, 35a40c. Cot
tonseed oil dull. Coffee steady, sails points
down. Sugar quiet; of A 35Sa4 3-16c;
mould a 415a4 l1-16c; standard a 45a
5.l6c, coufectiouers' A 45Sa4 5-16c; cut
loaf 5a5 S-I6c; crushed 5a5 3-l6o; powdered
9-l6ca4&c; GRADUATED 41Sc; cubes 4SIc
PHILADELPHIA, PA, December 16.-Flour,