The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-25

5.s3d5.s4: June, 5.ssa5.9O; July. 5.93qYo.'
total sales. lIs.ooo bales; gross r e.stpin
s ss h bales co sNP0ris e Sa s
ed. 3,212 bales; sales, 100 bales All 'p'"
ners; stock, s5,09T bales. o,o .os.
Tota. to-day-Net receipts, S.yio paiie s
exports TO Great Britain, .3L,oif ~, I'M
Continent, 22.3J5 bales; stock 40 100
bales ,,,s
Total so far this week-Net receipts
2G6 Iji bales; exports to Great Di Con.
NEW NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 24.-Cotton fu-
lures steady: sales. $500 bales; OCTOBER
nominal; November nominal; Decemoer'
$40: April. $40; May, 5.'S; June '''o'
LiIERPooL. Oct 2i-l2:So p. M
Cotton demand fair and prices harden
1900 bales; American. $500 bales; spec
ulation and export, 1000 bales receiRSs'
1000 bales: American 1850 bales. Fu-
lures steady and demand fair, OcIoper'
: 5-GNf3 G-64: October and NoyeUlneI,
3 6-6i; November and December 2 2-etg
3 .s-1Gl; February. and March: 3 2 % "a.
tl1Si March and 11 APrl;S 1. lsof Nav land and
June 3 f5-6ia3 i8-6t. June and July.
3 l5-6ia3 1894. Tenders quiet; ..
p. M.-American middling; iair'
2 1882: good middling, 81; middllns.
ordinary. 3 1916: October, 7-6i, buyer;
October and November. 3 7-N, buyer
November and Decem5eEri I i,5t; IT snd
February. 3 9-6i: February and March
! Z i0-G463 1854; March and April,
| 2 1884: April and May, 1864; May and
1851. Futures closed quiet but steady.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. ILL. oct. 2t-When the
wheat market opened this morning there
| was n remnant OF yesterdays closing
| strength in the tone, made more notice
| able by the strong tenor OF Engllsh
| cables particularly those quoting the
| London cargo market. About the MD
! die OF the day n cable was received which
| stated that the Gar was in very crltl-
| cal condition. 4 great deal OF wheat was
| covered by shorts on that announcement,
! but before the close the strength aPpeI-
| tanning TO the report had almost entlreiy
! disappeared, prices holding barely steady
| near the bottom figures OF the session
| December wheat opened from I1lSlh5i &C.
| to j3i4c., sold between I}'4c. ana '-'sc.'
closing at rs Ia, &C. lower tnam IN
! price, steady feeling marking the trace
| Corn-The support Of corn was OF ule
! kind that does not support teiupo-
| rariIy sustained position at the oPehius
| was due to strong cables, but when the
| downward course Of wheat was ue -
! termiued corn was found TO be following
| in the same direction May corn opened
| from 5Osc. to JOAc., sold between "%lsc'
! md fg3t aiJIsC., closing at the lhslue.
| ,ttaLc. under yesterday Cash corn was
steady. Offerings Of car lots were read
| lily taken at unchanged prices.
| Oats-There was no occasion TO doubt
| the weakness OF oats. The selling was
| prominent and the inclination to buy
| indifferent. with no independent motive,
the wheat and corn assumed control.
| Cash oats were steady at the time trad,
! ing was in progress, but the nominal
| close was easier.
| Provisions was friendless TO-
! dav The live hog market gave the tdea
| at the start, and liberal selling by com
mission men and scaipers carried the the
| weakness through 10 the end. one large
| commission house. whose reputation for
raiing rs preeminent. sold without re-
gard to price, but some people, whose
| knowledge Of the trade is above dueS-
! lion. said that the same firm bought more
than they sold. The close was as we SaS,
| ter,Iay, January lard and ribs each lit2c
under that days final quotations. .,..