Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-27
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. October 26-Four-Quiet
and steady; winter wheat. low grades. ga
WS35; DO, fair TO fancy, S3.ljUA4O; do,
patents. $l5GQA90; Minnesota clear, S3u
S.l5; patents A.10dS4S0; low extras, ga
MS.3j: southern -four dull but steady
common 10 extra. $2.75g $3.50; good 70
choice do. S3.S5GS3.e5.
Wheat-Spot dull but firmer; ungraded
red, 70GS2c. Options opened firm and ad-
vanced 3-Sltl l-2c., declined l-4dl 3-Sc.,
rallied 7-SHlc., and closed firm. lac.
over Saturday, with a fairly active trade
No. red, October 15 5-sc.; November,
&c l-Sc. December. n 7-Sc.; May. 80 7-Sc.
Corn-Spots dull but hrmer; No. 2
30 3-lc., In elevator; 81 3-4c, afloat OPP
lions were moderately active and 1-Sdl- &c.
higher October. 3Ol-2c.: November,
30 1-2c.; December. 81 Bic; May, "a Sac:
Oats-Spots duh and easier Options
weaker and dull: October. p 5-sc: De
cember, % 1-2c.; May, 20 l-Sc.; spot No. 2,
% Bic; No. white, 25c; mixed western,
22Q2i1-2c.
Hay-Firm; shipping, 55a6oc. good to
Wooi-Dul and in fair demand; domes-
tic fleece. 1GQ23c.; pulled, 1Sa3lc.
Beef-EXtra mess, SBSl.
Beef Hams-Slow at $l6.
Tierced Beef-Firm and quiet; city ex-
ira India mess. SlO4Sl2.O.
Cut Meats-Quiet and steady; picked
bellies, 5l-ic.; shoulders, 4c.; hams, va
91-fc.
Lard-Qulet and firm; western steam,
$40: city. Si45; October. $40; refined
firm: Continent. sos; South America, $3.50;
compound. $4.62 1-24Si6 IL.
Pork-Frm; sales. go barrels; new
mess. $500 $3.50.
Butter-Steady and I'm moderate demand;
State dairy. llnlSc.; do, creamery. IL la
2Gc; western dairy. S4l2c.; Elgins, NC.
Eggs-Choice firm; State and Pennsyl-
vania Is l-2G20c.; ice-house, II l-2al6c.i
western fresh, lG l-2glsc.; do, case, s2a
$3.50.
Cottonseed- Oil-Quiet and easy; crude,
22G22 lie. yellow prime. % lie. asked.
Rosn-Qulet and firm. strained, com
mon TO good, $50.
Turpentine-Steady at 2S 1-2d29c.
Rye-Frm and i'm good demand; domes-
tic. fair 20 extra. 3-4fl6c. Japan. 4d4 l-4c.
Molasses-Quiet and steady; New Or
leans, open kettle, good 10 choice, 2in5'c.
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked'
3 l-2c.
Conee-In active demand and unchang-
ed 10 l. points down; october. NOy; De
cember, SS.65Ns9.7O March. S965pS9.1O,
May. 500: July. i9c5@S9.iJ; spot Rio dull
but steady; No. 7. NO.7J.
Sugar-Raw firm and IN fair demand,
fair refining, este; refined steady and
quiet: of A, . 3-fu3 Use: standard A.
fl-sc: cut-loaf. 3-ic.; crushed, 3-ic.
graduated, 4l-Sc.
Freights 10 Liverpool-Firm; cotton, by
steam, S-l6d.; grain. do, Cd.
CftlCAbO l-itODINt MAfNhEl.
CHICAGO, october 26.-The wheat mar
ket kept spectators guessing to-day, and
nj the close they were apparently as TAI
from a solution as at the start, although
prices rested ut a gain from Saturday
The cables from Liverpool at the opening
were I'D. higher that information tend
ing 10 encourage buyers a little, but the
closing advices were lower. Quick changes
in prices were constantly taking place
and the tone veered from strong to weak
and vice versa. without apparent motive
The routine news incident to the session
was, generally speaking. OF a character
10 disappoint the advocates of higher
values. but the burning OF an elevator IN
the northern part of the city. by which
10000 bushels OF wheat were destroyed
gave the market an upward inclination al
the close. December wheat, opening a.
from 60 rs to 70 i-ic.. sold between II J.
and % lie, and closed at 70 3-id7o 7-Sc.--
lf14l l-sc higher than Saturday. Cast
wheat was firm and lie. higher.
Corn opened firmer. with wheat. but was
not able TO follow In the rapid and mex
plicable changes which took place In tina
grain. Business was quite OF the usua
Character, with nothing influential or i'm
portant to note. May corn opened a