Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-16
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. August l5.--Fiour-Dull
and weak; winter wheat. low grades,
s25OaSlo; do fair to SanGy: S,loa c 20;
sss5aPs s!sn'' pa a%a~ ssasaS: low sx;
tras 2.55d@.iO; city mills. saaN.2o;
southern flour duh and weak; common to
fair extra, s2l9as2sO; good to choice
.Wheat-spot market, quiet and n =, r;
II l-2c.; anoat. u 3-t4l3c Options opened
weak and declined 5-sc, advanced lg
yesterday, with a dull trade; No, 2 red
closing. May n lie; August II 3-Sc. !:
September Il 7-Sc.; october, AZ 1-4c.; De-
Corn-spots quiet and weaker; No. 2.
IS Csc. in elevator; 46 lie. afioat. Options
declined 3-Sal-2c., advanced 5-sdlc., and
closed firm at a 1-fal-2c. advance, with
IL 5-Sc': November. Al 3-ic.;. May, CSC.
Oats-Spots quiet mixed firmer. OPP
tons dull but firmer; August &c; sep
TENDER. 2 $50; October q lac. Be- Nay May
mixed western. 26q2sc
Haydn limited demand and easy;
sPEing ss@1Oc god 70 choice go@ds 6Ges
tic, fleece. l6g2c.; pulled, l5n3tc:
mess. IS: beef hams dull at sis.5oasl7;
Tierced beef-Weak; city extra India
picked bellies, 7c.: shoulders. 5 1925 SAC. !;
hams. gas lie. middles nominal.
Lard-Quiet but firmer; western steam,
closing $6.i5 asked; city. SH IL OPP
tons: September, closing, s4o; compound
Pork-Quiet and steady; mess. silaHlO
Butter|Quiet: fancy about steady; state
dairy PAS Re do Do; e a-;a,ns 2oc';
TaiiowTFirm: light offerings; city,
LAT 3-4c country, 3-sQt4 SIC.
Cottonseed-Oil--Firmer; better demand
crude. &c; yellow. prime, &c. asked;
do. good. off grade, rs l-2gNc:
Petroleum-Quiet; refined, New York.
$40; Philadelphia, To5; do, in bulk.
A556Ne0.
mon to good. So i-2a9.a II! o,0
q &c.
Rice-Fairly active and firm; domestic.
fair to extra, l-+d5c.; Japan, 4nf l-Zc:
Molasses-Foreign nominal; New Or
leans. open kettle, good to choice, 26gS2c.: ;
firm: fair demand.
Peanuts-Quiet. 40
Coffee-Quiet and unchanged. TO ID
points down. August; s l55 ~ sepipe scem
Der, si5Gsl5 10: March, sli.I5, spot quiet;
steady: No T. l6 lac. -
sugar-Raw firm but dull fair refining
&C. refined fair to choice ste a.lg,t on 7sc
cut loaf. l-lea5 l-4c.; crushed. l-lSg
5 l-tc.: granulated. 1854 SAC.
Freights to Liverpool-Firm; room
scarce; cotton, by steam, o-otd.' gram
by steam. I'D.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, August ll.-The map showed
no frosts In the spring-wheat sections
last night, and. although wheat prices
declined yesterday. they settled lower at
the opening to-day on the failure OF the
freeze to materiailze., some genius sta' ,sa
opening that the Weather Bureau had
issued a special bulletin. warning or the
approach of a cold wave In the North
west. Without waiting toe ascertain the
freely. causing a sharp advance OF over
half a cent Investigation proved that no
bulletin OF the kind mentioned had been
sent out and then ,,o on me ,S ss'in 3va ,na
was lost. During the last hour talk OF
a good cash demand for shipment saved
the market and helped prices up again
Sepfember wheat opened at 70 5-Sc., sold
between s. S-s and s. 3-4c., and closed
al &C. 5-sc.-l-2Q5-sc. higher than yester-
day In the sample lot department prices
averaged firm. without much change from
corn closed firm to-day. the motive
annearing 10 be derived from wheat The
e.rly trading was devoid or strength,
hnyer,, finding IL difficult to muster cour-
age in the face or or eSerytning9 tnat INA mas
The Cincinnati Price Current said that
moisture was needed. but rain. fell last
night Just where IL was said IL was
most needed The bogus. frost predic-
lions circulated this morning extended
ren.Srt was found to be erroneous they
edged of for time. finally railying with
Sentembsr corn opened at % SIC, sold
bet wen that and 3sc.. and closed at
a 7-sc.-5-sc. higher than Yesterday. Cash
corn vas firm and lc. per bushel higher.
oats'-The closing strength Of wheat
and corn gave a helping hand to, ths
oats market. The scarcity OF either buy
trS or selling orders throughout the morn
Ing permitted priss,; to rsmsin s,sady
30 ,n,ch activity. September oats closed
5-sc higher than yesterday x. A steady 70
Arm feeling prevailed IN the cash branch
unchanged to l-ac. higher. closing nomi-
naily stronger.
surprisingly strong to-day. despite the
tact that there was further retrogressi0n