The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-28

steady; unchanged. Wool steady; domes-
TIC. noece, l5ul9c; pulled. IzUS5c. Beer
quiet; family, $s.75Ql2.OO; extra mess, $500
o.25. Beef hams dull $1,000; uerced beef
quiet; city extra India mess, $l2.j0QliJ0.
Cut meats dun and steady; picked bel
lies, 5Ssc: shoulders, 4l404ac; hams, 1%4W
SIC; middles dull and easy; short clear,
$3.50. Lard quiet and weak; western
steam, $500; city 500; February, S6.65
nominal; May, $50; refined quiet CONT
nent, %05; South American, $40; com
pound, 5isd53sc Pork quiet ana steady;
Old mess, S1125Gl2.50. Butter duh and
weaker state dairy, l0020c; creamery.
cry, new 15d22c; old, l0ul9c; Elgin, PC.
Cotton seed oil dun and weak; crude,
pc; yellow prime, 26uZbi2c; choice, VIC.
Petroleum nominal Rice firm; domestic,
fair to extra 4AM6c; Japan. 44M4iac. Mo
lasses. foreign, nominal; New orleans.
open kettle, good to choice, 2eU3sc fairly
active. firm. Peanuts quiet. Coffee easy,
. to 20 points down; FEBRUARY, l5OOc;
March, 1495d15.05c; May, 1465Q14 soc; Sep
TENDER 1i.65dA 75c; December, l4.6Oc; spot
Rio firm and dull; No. Z, 1880. Sugar,
raw, quiet and firm fair refining. ll-l6c;
refined fairly active and steady; off A,
SAq3Ac; standard A. lS-l6q4e; cut ioaf
and crushed. 4 7-1GdHsc; graduated,
3-160Fsc. Freights quiet and steady;
cotton, 76id; grain, 2hd.
Chicago, Feb. q, noon-The market
opened for wheat, May, 54isc. Corn, May
ASA Q453sc. Pork, May, SlO.l212. Lard, May
$642l2 Ribs, May, s5.22la.
Chicago, Feb. H-After session that
had more Of strength than weakness wheat
closed at a fractional loss from yesterday
The bullishness of yesterday trade was
somewhat subdued at the opening this
morning, but shortly afterward the French
crop was reported as being in a. bad way,
and a private cable stated that France
was buying cargOes at Great Britain.
This kind Of news was not what holders
We're looking for. but managed 70 give
prices another lift. At an advance Of about
l5c over yesterday there was plenty of
wheat for sale, and every time prices
reached that point the offerings came
prominently into play. The last hour was
taken up with realizing and liquidation
sales, so that the advantage gained was
entirely lost before the close. The trade
was quite wide. The Orange Judd Far
mer makes the stock of wheat in farmers
hands 1874, 600 bushels, and concludes
from this that the aggregate actual sup
plies of wheat in the country, visible ana
Invisible are not much changed from a
year ago, and places the amount TO De
fed to animals at 81, 000,0 600 bushels. May
wheat opened at 54lsc, sold between 53Bc
and 545sc, closing at dM5ihc-lsc under
yesterday. Cash wheat was re per bushel
! higher closing easy.
the outside and the country generally
manfesting no concern. The strength OF
wheat sustained prices and the final weak
ness of that grain was also symDathized
with. Nav corn opened from 45l2c to
453sc sold between 4o1aGt453sc and 45lsc,
closing a 451sQ45Ac-1sahc under yester-
day. Cash corn WAS Ac per bushel higher.
Oats depended on the larger grain mar
kets for their direction. The market was
q restricted one, prices averaging fairly
firm during the sessions. but closing
easy There was nothing taken from
store May closed 1sMAc under yesterday.
Cash oats were &c per bushel higher clos
ing easy.
Provisions-The product market was a
small one at all times, but nevertheless,
a good amount of stuff changed hands
in the aggregate. The packers were the
best sellers, scalping longs, disposing of
some of their holdings. Armour was cred
tied with supporting prices and prevent
ing Important declines. The hog market
was firm at unchanged prices. May pork
closed nc lower than yesterday. May
lard SC lower. and May ribs 5d719c lower.
Domestic markets were easy and foreign
slow.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
ODening Highest. lowest. Closing.