Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-06


counties and adjacent counties to the
Ohio river lost half their crops
The same firm also received letter
from AIR. p. ". Berry, or sharpspurs;
Ky. which says: Fully 10 per cent: Of
the crop was caught out and ruined.
This is the section where the earliest
planting and cutting was done. :.
Mr.. ID. e. Frazee. who Is visiting MT.
S. p. Carr, Is in receipt OF a letter from
his brother, in Maysyiile, Ky. under date
of October lst, which reads as follows:
1T was about or degrees colder thls
morning than II was yesterday. ana IN
consequence the crop OF tobacco that was
not cut was entirely destroyed. | have
talked with quite a number OF Farmers
from different parts OF the county. and
the general estimate OF loss Is that about
half Of the crop is destroyed. l think
the Same condition will apply to all the
counties. except the few Blue-Grass coun-
ties, where the crop Is pretty well housed;
Mr.. Spencer. OF Louisville. Is here. ana
thinks the damage so great that IL VIII
materially affect the market
The gentlemen writing these letters are
all experienced planters. and very con-
servative. and their opinions may be fully
relied upon.
apprehended that much damage will be
caused by the tobacco freezing in the
barn. but this cannot be estimated until
the tobacco thaws out and the stem be-
There was but little business going on
around the Tobacco Exchange to-day.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, october -tlo1r-Steady:
but dull; winter-wheat. low grades, &.-"I
s2CC; do, fair 70 Fancy. %.stg '5.f 20,
s. %; patents. S3.Sjqs420i low extras. slZ9g
SEQ: city mills, NQtA.l0: do, patents,
si2JQSLi5; southern Hour dull put steady
common to fair extra. SzlV9S-'N' eooi
wheatEspot market dun but steady; NO.
red. store ana elevator, GoGtb i-Sc.' aHoat'
Cj J-Sc. Options were dull but openeH
firm. at a i-2c. advance; declined ana
yesterday: No. red. october. 81 o-sc.; De-
% 3-ic
Corn Spot steady and quiet; No. 2. BIC,
unchanged and dull. and closed at l-Sg
Lie. decline; October. 90 3-iJJo Csc; De-
cembef 50 5-Sg55 3-4c.
Oats-3pots dull and easier. Options, dun
but, ste9iy; october, pc: December.
November. q dc. December, y l-Sc.
Spot prices: No. 2, BE, No. wnl,e. &c;
mixed western, 2iG25c.
good to choice. SJu9Oc
WooI-Quiel and firm; domestic. fleece.
Beef-Dull but nm; family, 9gl2c.; ex-
Beet Hams-Qu.et at N5gSl5.5O
Tered Bcef-Steady. city extra India
mess, lie
cut Meats-Quiet: picked bellies &C.;
shoulders, &C.; hams. S49 Lie. Midd!cs
Iard"oulet and firm; western steam.
closing, 81. %. bid; city. -. options; sales,
nione October, closed. at 500. nominally.
refined quiet: Continent S65, SOuth
American. $3.50; compound, I-2&jc.
Pork-t'irm and fair demand: mess
Batter-Llght receipts; nrm; state
dairy, l2.2lc.; do. creamery = l-Za &C.
western dairy. lUal2c.; Elsins, &c;
Tallow-Quist; city, S-sc.. asked; coun-
Cottonscei- Oll-Quiet; crude, % he;
Yellow prime, q l-2c.; do, GOOD, off-grade'
Pejroleum-steady; refined, New York
$40; Philadelphia, 800; in buik' $L'"g
Rosin-Duu but steady, at 2S02s lie.
Rice-In moderate demand; domestic,
fair to extra, 3-iQ9c; Japan, 5-S@
3-lo
Coffe2-Closed firm, . points down TO S
no. october, Sl5.2; November. E5l5; De
March, &l45gytI2; May. Ii.-S,;. .Eqtt 40 10
duh but FIRM; No. Z, l6 lie.
Sugar-Raw, quiet and firm; fair re-
fE.ng lite, bid; refined firm, good de-
mandi or 4. l-Sgi 5;sc;, .tand,ard..
4 l-2Gt ll-lGc: cut-!oaf, l-S01 o4tc.;
crushed. ) 1875 5-ljc.; gr4nulated. La
1 1916.
Frcights to Liyerpool-Grain firm; cotton
steady. by steam. 1-6id.; grain by steam,
southern fresh fruits: Peaches and sweet
potatoes without change OF Importance
ana in the usual supply; trade light
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD, October 5.-Flour--
Dull.
Wheat-Easier; No. red. spot and , O. s,-
So &c; May, Il l-2c asked; steamer, No.
2 red C-0G2 l-Sc; southern, by sample,
6G06ic.: do. on grade t3lit6c.
Corn-Easy: mixed spot. 5o03s lie; DC
tobcr 81 1-4u3; lie; November, new and
old. e 3-4go5c.; year. 50 3-fft3ic.: January,
80 1898 3-ic.; southern white, 39d40c.; do.
yellow, ilui2c.
Oats-Stcady; good inquiry; No. 2, white
western 2. l-2uH SIC; NO. mixed do''
Rye-Steady; No. 2, 45G46c.. for nearby;
IS. for western.
Hay-Firm and in active demand; choice
timothy, :ljll$lJJJ
Grain treights-Steady.
Eggs-Quiet ut l6ul6 l-2c.
Other articles unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, ILL, October 5.-Chicago is
to have larger receipts or wheat IRON
now on This was the opinion OF traders
IN that grain to-day and 1t was con-
iirmed by the estimate of 70 cars Tor
Monday. For a week or more 1t has been
understood that ArmourS agents nave
been buying freely OF the cash stun III
Minneapolis, Tor the purpose OF shipping
to Chicago. Ii is now common gossip that
other elevator interests have been equaIy
active in the same direction. The same
local crowd that has been doing its utmost
to bull wheat during the last week or ten
days was at il again to-day, with no
better success than heretofore Prices rose
a few fractions at the start, but when
the interest mentioned stopped buying,
the support disappel red. and quick re-
action took place, early buyers, with lew
exceptions, Immediately turning sellers.
When the estimate OF Mondays receipts
was announced, the weakness increased In
intensity.
December wheat opened at from 80 lisa
Co 3-Sc, sold between % 5-6p59 lie, ana
closed at % i-2li53 5-Sc.-l-2g5-Sc. under
yesterday. Cash wheat was strong, and
i-2c. per bushel lower.
No indications OF interest in corn being
aroused developed to-day. The dulness was
on a par with that OF any day yet passed.
Prices yielded some in the latter part or
the session on the weakness communl-
Gated By wheat. The range was very mar
row. however. and afforded privlege-hold-
ers but meagre returns on their invest
May corn opened AT % l-4c.. sold at