The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24
GnAIN. PRoNIsIoNs. ETc.

New York, Feb. 23.-Flour dun steady:
winter wheat low grades, Si9gH2.30; fair
TO fancy S2.5}gZ15; patents. S2609SW;
Sj.25d4OO; low extras. Sl9002.3j. Southern
flour dull, steady; common to fair extra,
SlDQ2.75; good TO choice extra. s2S103.25.
Wheat duil, steady; unchanged Options
were very dull and steady at unchanged
prices, with trading entirely local and
chiefly scalping and switching. No , red
February, 56Ac; March, SCI May. 5Ssc.
Corn. hrmer elevator; JOia G5O3tc afoat
Options dun and isc higher; closing firm,
FEBRUARY, flts; May, i9isc. Oats quiet,
strong. Options hrmer; FEBRUARY and
March, SIZE May, $lsc; spot No >, Sac;
mixed western, 34ig036c. Hay quiet
steady; shipping, 50055c good to choice,
70d7j. Wool moderately active, steady;
Beef dull, unchanged; beef hams quiet
$500; terced beef duh, unchanged. Cut
meats dun, unsettled; picked bellies
. 9-l6l5 ll-16c: shoulders. H2Q4a4c; hams
lAneAc; middles quiet, strong; short
clear, $3.50. Lard dun frmer; western
steam, $3.50 asked; February, $6.75 nomi-
continent, Tl5; South America, $3.50;
compound. $5.l2isQ537l2. Pork dull,
fancy firm; state dairy, l0Q2lc; western,
l2leql5c; creamery, l5n23c; Elgins. pc.
Cotton seed oil quiet firm; crude. 22M22ta &c ;
yellow prime 26iac; yellow choice, &c.
Petroleum firm. Rice firm, unchanged.
Molasses fairly active, firm unchanged.
Peanuts quiet. COfiee firm, l0Nl5 points
99p; March 1000 10 Zoe; May. lf750l490c
December li.sOc; spot Rio dull firm.
sugar, raw quiet, steady; fair refining.
2 u-l6c; refined quiet, steady, unchanged.
frelshtS Liverpool nrm; cotton. 7-6id;
grain, Pad asked.
Chicago, Feb. 23.-Noon.-The following
are the closing quotations: Wheat Feb
r nalI 2E'5fa,oO2se' corn May Aiya4i3se;
$632ie; ribs. February s507ls.
chicago, Feb. &k-With a half holiday,
noe All Lon.
in the grain market as seen to-day was
natural. The scalpers were the only
busy people in wheat and they were eX-
erung themselves for exceedingly small
returns, sixteenth on either side OF the
market being accepted gratefully by that
class OF operators. The opening was easy,
AFTER which a little more trmness ruled.
put prior TO the close, the scattered
longs finding it useless to attempt
forcing an advance turned sellers and
prices dropped Oft, the closing being the
weakest period of the day Nav wheat
opened at 53c, sold between 527sc ana 53ifc,
ana closed az 2tsM53c-llGssc under
thurscay. Cash wheat was steady eur
lower. -
Corn operators and traders in this grain
put in an exceedingly ouiet time today
Nothing lranspired 10 render buvins or
selling attractive The tone early was
felauVey hrmer than thaC of wheat. but
~ me Close mere was a ful measure
~ weakness ana the unal quotations We're
me lowest of The day May corn onened
from ~ C to i5c. sold between 45i a. and
l4ehc' closing at the latter. s.c under
ihuFsGay. cash corn was steady at tne
beginning Of the car Tot trailing. bur
averaged 1igizc lower at The close
Cats uult and ire ono; whichever d.
rection corn elected to take was followed,
mere but small amounts being traded in.
Ine close was weak and &c lower than
~ ursday Tor May. Cash oats closed weak
and lower in sympathy with the futures.
troNislons-Ihe packers bought producer
early ana sold later. There was some sell
ing at times but no remarkable traneaf-
tons took place and summed up the mark
CT was nothing but ordinary. The arriv-
ais o. hogs were light, prices at the yards
showing some advancement earlv buf
closing weak, both tones being reflected
promptly by provisions. The close wa
unchanged from Thursday for May porl,
lard.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
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