Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-24

20 7-sc.: spot. No. 2, &c; No. white.
% lie. mixed western. 2lH25c.
Haydn fair demand md fairly nrm;
o0c
Wool-Firm and unchanged
=, Beer-Quiet and steady; family, S.JyW
S.50; extra mess s6MS7.
Beef Hams-Easy at tl6.
Tierced Beef-Firm and quiet; city extra
india mess, SiO.5O0si25O
cut Meats-Quiet. picked bellies. s525;
shoulders. 81: hams, $94s3O.
Lord-Quiet and firm; city, $40; refined
in moderate demand: Continent, $; South
A.S7 IL
Pork-Firm and quiet; new mess. $500
Butter--In moderate demand; fancy
firm: State dairy, llT1sc.; creamery,
Y l-2a2oc.; western dairy, Safe; Elsins,
Eggs-Quiet; fancy firm: State and
Pennsylvania u 1-2Q2Oc.; ice-house,
"a l-2al6c. western fresh, 16 l-2alsc.
western, per case, s2GsiJ0: lined, l5c.
Cottonseed-Oil-Quiet and about steady;
crude. p i-2N23c.: yellow prime. % i-2If2Ic.
Rosin-Firm; strained, common to good,
Turpentlne-zS s-la20c.
Peanuts-steady; fancy hand-picked,
23-iIic.
Coffee-Dull; November. s9G5; December.
1855; March. SJ.5jnS9.60; May, 500; spot
Rio duh and easy; No. Z. 500.
Sugar-Raw moro active and firm; fair
refining, 2 d-Sc.; centrifugals C5-degree
tesO, 1850; refined firm, in fair demand
and unchanged.
Freights to Iiverpool-Firmer; room
scarce; cotton, by steam, S-l6d.; grain, by
steam. Cd.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE MD. October &;-Flour-
Dull and easy; western super, gsloo ,
do. extra, SQS5S; do. family, S5sVa 80,
wnter-wheat patents, AfOWSA6oi spring
do SLl5qSi. 10; spring straight. $3.50 y. -.
Wheat-Unsettled: spot ana OctooeI
70 1-2l75 3-4c.; steamer No 2, red a la
n 3-4c. southern, by sample, io4io sac
southern. on grade, 72476 lac.
Corn-Quiet and firm; spot ana october T,
% l-f029 3-Sc.; new or old, November OF
December 90 1-4d29 3-Sc.: January, ~ l-zd
% 5-Sc. steamer mixed, q l-faZ' S-Sc.
southern corn, So03Sc.
Oats-Steady; No. white, ZOHZ'c'; NJ
R R5eeI eaR;~ No. ?, nearby. hai2 1-2c.
No western, 43c. $3.50,
Hay-Firm; choice timothy. SlS bid.
Grain F'reights-Active and unchanged
Coffee-Quiet No. T. $lo.15a$ll
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, October 23.-Wheat recover
ed from yesterdays panic In very SNORT or
order, totday's market displaying re-
markable strength, and prices IesalIllhSS
more than half their loss. l,iNerpooi
was the point again bringing about the
altered sentiment. Instead OF becoming
demorallzed at the news or our sehsa-
tional slump, prices at that place de-
clined only moderately. Traders mere
became encouraged that a general SMASH
uD was avoided, and some OF the people
who threw wheat indiscriminately at ule
close yesterday became sturdy buyers az
the opening this morning. Many VINO
went short Of the market, finding the
prospects OF "A recovery bright, covered
freely. Generally speaking, there was a
healthier sentiment all around. closing
coptinental cables We're lower. Inc
greatest strength was noted near the
close. report of another cargo sold
for shipment 10 Calcutta helping prices
materially. December wheat opened az
from u to y 5-Sc. sold between ny ana
73iac., and closed at 70 l-Sc.-2 0-6c. higher
than yesterday. Cash wheat was hrm
Corn found relief from weakness I'm the
improved tone of wheat. The business
did not show any particular acuVlty'
traders cOntentng themselves with
scalping on the fluctuations caused by
wheat changes. May corn opened az Csc,
advanced 10 Is 5-Sn2S&c., and closed at
/ 2SiaH2S 5-Sc.-lnl i-Sc. higher than yester-
day. Cash corn was firm and l2gAc.
higher.
oats acted IN unison with wheat and
corn, advancing or receding as they did.
Business was generally Of a quiet cha
racter. local operators doing the major
portion OF the trading. May oats closed
%M7-5c. higher than yesterday. Cash oats
were lie. higher.
higher hog and stronger grain markets
for advancing. Trading was In an In
active condition most OF the session. AT
th0 close, January pork was l2l2c. higher,
January lard and ribs each sc. higher
The leading futures ranged as follows