Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-24

s,;; ex ,,rs,. Mes. r5oesso; beef hams
Ell Tered ,e Beef-s,esdy; extra India mess,
Cut Meats--Dull and weak; picked bell
lies. NC; shoulders, Fsqfhc.: hams, SO
Sic; mlddles nominal
:, tsrd.ouist and Arm; western steam;
{o.O asked: city. $50, December. $3.50
asked; refined quiet: Continent IS: South
America. 500, compound. J-Sn5c.
Pork-Active and steady; mess. ss.50n
Butter-Dul; receipts large; market
lower: State dairy. l3az3c. do. creamery.
l9r2ic. western dairy, 1i4i9c.; Elgins. &c.
cottonseed- Oil--steady and quiet; crude.
car't grade aS sagEae "'' new N'"''' '''
Rosin-Dui but steady; strained. com
mon to good. n.7oaN.75.
Turpentine-Quiet and firm at 29d29isc.
Rice-Domestic ffrm; extra, SAa5c.;
Japan. 334Mic.
Molasses-Fairly active and firm; New
Orleans. open kettle, good to choice. $50
36c
Peanuts-Quiet: fancy. 4,zG4 5-sc
coifee-Inactive and unchanged. TO
Sl365: February. yl355: March, $3.50
$3.50; May. sl2e5usl3; spot Rio dull but
steady; No. Z. l4l:c., ~
fning. 3 l-sn3 l-tc.; refined steady and
quiet; or A, 4 3-lGa4 3-Sc.: standard 4,
1 5.Sc.; cut loaf and crushed, l-ic.;
graduated, 5-sG4Ac.
Freights 70 Liverpool-Firmer; room
scarce: cotton, by steam. I'D, grain, by
steam, 3ikd. asked.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD. December 3D.
Flour-Dull; western super. 81 i5n$265; ex-
ira s2.750s3. family. Sl5MN50: winter
wheat patents. s355qs5.S; spring do
s3.i00$360: do. straight. $3.JnS.5O.
Wheat-Duil; No. 2 red, spot. and De
cember, 63za63Ac.: May, 6sia61c.; steam
er No. 2 red. 6ln6l lie; steamer by
sample. 6246li2c.: do on grade, 6ll6ic.
year, S2Q32 l-sc.; January. 90 1-+a52 Sc:
February. 80 5-Sn32 7-Sc.; March, $50
30 lie: steamer mixed. 3lQa l-4c.; south
ern white. 3la32c.; do, yellow, 81 La
81 Lie.
Oats-steady: No. white western, pa
24lsc No. 2 mixed do. 22izn&c.
Rye-Dull and easier: No. ?. i5q nc. for
nearby; 45Qi6c.. for western.
Hay-Steady at $3.50
Provisions-Quiet; mess pork, SlO; bulk
shoulders. short ribs and clear RIBS, ~
sugar-cured shoulders, $50; hams, small
1900; large. SO.
Lard-Refined. 81
Butter-Steady fancy creamery, SGzsc;
lsdle, maze.
Cofrse-Steady; No. 7. 1t%c
Sugar-Dull; granulated, NC.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. ILL. December 23-Trading
IN grain and provisions to-day partook OF
no disposition to open new accounts I'm
anything. and orders were mostly for the
purpose OF evening up old ones. In wheat
there was return Of confidence. the
apprehension which was felt towards the
end OF last week having vanished.
The opening was firm, the motive for
strength coming from an advance In
stocks at New York and London. When
bushels became public prices moved
lower. and for A time We're scarcely
steady at the decline. but before the
close they traversed the entire previous
range. and final quotations were at al
most the outside.
May wheat opened at Sc. and sold be-
tween IS IA and 81 lac, closing at 5sH
IS l-sc.-3-Sdi2c. higher than Saturday.
Cash wheat was steady and unchanged
AS far as 1t was possible within an
eighth Of a cent range, on the principal
speculative option, May corn exhibited the
beneficial results of the Improvement IN
Wall street and in wheat. The nearby
options are. at present more or less al
fected by the greatness or smallness or
the immediate arrivals.
May corn opened at % l-Sc., and sold
at CSC. closing at the latter. unchanged
from Saturday Cash corn was steady.
The Discrimination 10 do business was
as notable in oats as In anything else
The tone was steady, thereby agreeing
oats closed unchanged. Cash oats were
easy and Lie per bushel lower
Provisions bulls in product as
cribed the firmness In that market TO the
true merit of the property. Not a great
amount OF business was transacted. the
approach OF the Christmas holidays
having a quieting effect on trade. At
the close May pork was 1isc. higher. and
Nav lard and ribs each lac. higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
opening. hlgnesL Loves. Cioslns.