The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-17

ungraded red, S009Sc; options opened weak
at Zee decline, rallied Ssc, fell 1d19sc clos
ing weak at 1is6T19sc under yesterday, with
trading moderate; No. red, December,
S6l9c; January. S59c; May, S53sc. Corn,
spots, active; weaker; No. 2, 2SAc, eleva-
tor; 2934c, afoat; options were more ae-
tive and closed weak at 24c decline; De
cember, 2S24c January, 291sc; May, ltac.
Oats, spots quiet and easier; options dun;
weaker; December, 21%c; May, 24hc; spot
prices. No. 2, 22l2c; No. white, ,5Ac;
mixed western, 2l423Isc Hay quiet; easy;
shipping, 57laM60c; good to choice, i2lbGf
soc. Hides quiet; unchanged Wool firm;
quiet: unchanged. Beef firm quiet; fam
lily. $9.50d10.00. Beef hams strong; $l7 50I
1900. Tierced beef steady; city extra In
dia mess, $1S.OO@14.OO. Cut meats quiet;
firm; picked bellies, &c; shoulders &c;
hams, SGSAc Lard quiet; easy; western
steam, Also; city, 3.75c; Decent Der, 4.10c
refined slow; continent, 4.40c: South Amer
ica, Also; compound, 49Ad4iRc. Pork quiet
easy new mess, $S.25GS75 Butter steady;
moderate demand; state dairy, 116l9c do
creamery, HM20c; western creamery, lac
21c; Elgins, 2lc. Cotton seed oil steady
crude, 2lc; yellow prime, 22h423c. Rice
firm; unchanged. Molasses firm; moder-
ate demand; unchanged. Peanuts quiet;
fancy hand-picked 4c. Coffee dull; un-
changed to points down; December,
9,25c; January, $500; March. 9.20Q9.o0c,
May. 9.25@s.SOc; July, $500; spot Rio dun;
steady; No. z, 10c. Sugar, raw, duh;
steady; fair refining. 27sc; refined quiet
and unchanged. Freights to Liverpool
were quiet and easy; cotton by steam
9-64d; grain by steam, SID
Chicago, Dec. 49, noon.-Wheat, De-
cember, 77&c. Corn, December, 22Ac
asked. Pork, January, T67Ik Lard, Jan
uary $3.SIIs. Ribs, January, $3.S7IR.
Chicago Dec. 16.-The wheat market set
out TO ignore everything bearish this
morning and succeeded very well in doing
so until the session was well advanced
The holiday dullness so much talked Of
seemed to have settled on business to-
day, scalpers and a few professionals be-
ing pitted against each other. Liverpool
quoted from a to 1ad decline without APP
probably affecting prices here. Paris was
also lower. Antwerp was unchanged and
Berlin slightly higher. Outside domestic
markets were weaker than Chicago but
no attention was paid TO them. ST. Louis
sent in crop damage reports and bought
wheat, but in the end the theory Of Hes
sian fly ravages-that being the species OF
injury referred to-was deemed prematur
and the market broke iMc from the out
side. Northwestern receipts were light at
81 cars against 629 last Wednesday and
SjS year ago. Chicago had 26 cars and
inspected out 54.6H bushels. Export clear
ances We're heavy at 5709i3 bushels May
NAANkA cBtiAth iioil eV5N ~ oVtgtf NOfl W.
| tween size and 1870. closing at 797sc-1lA
d1hc under yesterday. Cash wheat was
firm early, but closed weak and PC lower.
The stereotyped dullness of the corn
market was not relieved by anything
which occurred to-day. The inactivity re-
| ceived accumulation from the all-round
quiet existing on the floor. The tone was
| irregular prices hardening or weakening
with the corresponding feeling in wheat.
May corn opened al 25ssQ25s4c, sold be-
tween 25l5c and 25Sm257kc closing at 25Ihc
Nc under yesterday. Cash corn was
| quiet and steady.
Oats ran to quiet and weakness. The
action of prices was simply with reference
to the moods and variations of wheat.
May oats closed AG9sc under yesterday.
| Cash oats were steady.
Provisions-The hog supply at the yards
ran short of the expectations this morn
ing. Product derived its natural benefit
from the fact. Only a light business was
| transacted, the few orders being OF a local
character. Reactions. In sympathy with
the break in wheat took place before the
close.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
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