The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-30
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Now York stock marnet.

Now York Stock Market.
NEW YORK, April S9.-The week
opened on the stock exchange with a
fairly active selling movement. The
indust.ials were in most demand, To-
oscco being prime favorlte and re-.
covering "a per cent. TO 1O4. During
the hour before noon the trading was
irregular. After midday speculation
became more active with the Industrial
stocks most prominent in the dealings
and the tone Of the market continued
hrm to steady throughout the afternoon
with occasional periods OF dullness and
partial reaction shortly before O'Clock,
AT the close the general market was
strong and majority of the shares
traded In are higher than at the close
of Saturday.
closing stocks were as follows.
Atohison, 5ss; Adams Express, 143;
baltimore and Ohio, 56x; Chesapeake
and Ohio, 1875 Chicago, Burlington and
quincy, T4H; Chicago Gas, 1919; G. @. G.
and st. Louis, al; Del Lackawanna
and Western, 1922; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 1873; Erie, 1;1X Erie
preferred. s44; Great Northern pre-.
ferred, lo3x; Lake Shore, 143; Lead
Trust, 34&; Louisville and Nashville,
55S; National Cordsge, z; National
Oordage preferred; 1Osa; N. ]. Central,
80 ~; Norfolk and Western preferred,
1875; Northern Pacific preferred, 2o%;
Northwestern, OH; Northwestern pre-
ferred, l4l; N. Y. Central, 95f; N. Y.
and New England, 1885, Pacific Mail,
23A; Pullman Palace, l72H; Reading,
1873; Rock Island. 66X; St. Paul, e23S;
81. Paul and Omaha, 35&; Southern
Pacific, 17}s; Sugar Refinery, 1O9}S;
SO; General Electric, sax; Southern.
l3M; Southern preferred. 36sS; Tobacco,
lo47s; Tobacco preferred, Ill.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO. April 29.-The wheat mar.
ket was extremely feverIsh and irreRu-
lar to day. with the exception of mo.
mentary drop at the opening it ruled
higher than Saturdays closing prices.
July ranged from 63k up to 65k and
closed at 64X or 6aS<c advance for the
DAY. 1t was o broad market with the
professional traders selling out their
long wheat and the country picking it
W. where the knowing ones dropped It.
July corn closed Ac lower, May oats go
lower and provisions st slight declines.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows:
Wheat No. 2-April, opening 62h,
closing 633; May, opening 6sx, closing
6sA; July opening 63K@64 closing
64S; September, opening 64ss@64H,
closing o5s Corn No, 2-April, opening
47N, closing AN; May, opening 4s,
closing AN; July, opening 4ssa, closing
s soS September, opening 49h. closing
49N @4s9s. Oats No. 2-May, opening
ASK, closing 1855; June, opening 2sX,
closing 2s}s; July, opening ASK, closing
2sH. Mess pork, per bbl.-May, opening
1210, closing I2 l7x; July, opening
is.4o, closing I9.476; Septem Der, open.
Ing ~ 67N. closing 12.67x Lard per
100 lbs.--Gay, opening 6.77]S, closing
$50; July, opening 8 e5. closing 6.e5;
September, opening ITO, closing ITO.
Short ribs, per 10p lbs.-May, opening
6 % II, closing 90; July, opening .a7x,
closing GAO; September opening, 6.52x,
closing 6b21<.
cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm; winter patents, Q. 9O@3 90;
winter ssraights, 275@3OO; spring pat
ents. s.10@3.50; spring straights, 2.25@
wheat, 7ys@6ss1i No. spring wheat,
nominal; No. 9 red, 63N@64; No. corn,
47H@47%; No. yellow, 47@47%; No.
oats, 2sas; No. white, 33@33I; No.
8 white, 32@32H; No. Q rye, 6416@65;
No. barley, 51@5136; No. 3, 5O@51;
No. 4, 4716; No. fiaxsood. 1.4a i; prime
timothy seed, $40; mees pork, per bar.
rel, 12.15@@12.2O; lard per loo lbs,
6.s0@6 s2N; short ribs sides. (loose),
6.2o@6.S2}6; dry sailed shoulders
(boxed), 5ss@5N; short clear sides,
(boxed), 60@6.62N; whiskey, distill..
ers' finished goods per gallon, 100;
sugars. cut loaf 4 ss; gran ulated, 4.12;
standard A, 4 O3.
Cincinnati Produce Market
CINCINNATI, O., April 29-Flour
firm; fancy, oo@3 Is; wheat quiet; No.
2 red, 20. Corn stronger; No. . mixed,
4SH. Oats fair demand; No. mixed, 81.
Rye lower; No. Q, 6s. Pork uiet, steady,
Is 90. Lard easier. 20. Bulk meals
steady, 371S. Bacon easy. 1850
1878. Whiskey light demand, easy;
sales 459 barrels, 20. Butter weak.
Sugar better demand. strong. Eggs less
active 10Hc. Cheese moderate demand.
STRAW mattings in great variety and
at bottom prices at The E. II. Stewart
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