The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-31

Der, 913sc; January, 9O9sc; March, 9Sssc:
May, SSsc. Corn, spots quiet, weaker; No.
:, 29tac, elevator; 301aG30Ac, afioat; options
were dull and weak at M@Ac decline; De-
cember, 2Sisc; January, 29Isc; May, 31Mc
oats, spots dull, weaker; options fairly
active, A@19c lower; December. 21%c: Feb
ruary, 22%c; May, 23%c spot No. 2, 22iac,
No white. 2is4c; mixed western. 22m2ic
Hay quiet, easy; shipping, 55c; good to
choice, 7O0T1lac. Hides dun and unchang-
ed. Wool quiet and unchanged Beef
quiet, firm; family, $1050: extra mess. S7.25
9S'2o; beef hams strong, quiet, $1S.OOalS 81;
tierced beef steady; city extra mess, $13.5
@l45O; cut meats slow. firm; picked bel
lies, 4Ssc shoulders, c; hams SAG9c
Lard quiet, nominal; city, 37sc; December
4.O5c, nominal; refined easy; continent
4.SOc; compound, 4SsGp4l5c. Pork dull;
new mess, $S.25qS.75. Butter quiet lower
state dairy, 10Q17c; do creamery, 14d20c
Elgins, 2lc. Cotton seed oil dull; crude
zoe; yellow prime, 23G23kc. Rice quiet
firm and unchanged. Molasses quiet, easy
and unchanged. Peanuts quiet; fancy
hand picked 3AGI4c. Coffee dull, 1OG15
points down; December 9.55c; January
9.6lc; March, 9.65@970c; May, 9.65a9 70c,
June, 975c; spot Rio dull. steady; No. Z.
10isd10Ac. Sugar, raw. dull steady; fair
refining, 13-16c; refined duh and un-
changed. Freights to Liverpool, market
quiet; cotton, by steam, 15-2sd; grain, by
steam. 41sd.
Chicago, Dec 80, noon.-Wheat, Decem-
Der, SOC. Corn, January, 2234c. Pork
January, $z47l2. Lard, January, $S.7715
Ribs, January $3.72k.
Chicago, Dec. 30.--That the bulls allow
ed their enthusiasm to get the better of
their judgment yesterday was demonstra-
ted by the course of the wheat market to-
| day. Whilst the advance OF yesterday
was due in great measure to the nerv-
BUSINESS OF shorts, there was nevertheless
quite heavy buying for long account and
the selling of that wheat to-day carried
prices w cents lower. recovery of VI
cent near the close, however, made the
net loss but l cent. 1t was a weak mar
ket from the beginning to the end of the
session, few reactions taking place and
| they not being material or important A
quiet trade is expecIed tomorrow, puts
and calls" selling close to the final prices
this afternoon The leading consideration
| to-day was the relative weakness in Liv-
| erpool, where a very moderate improve
ment early was lost later. May wheat
opened from S4ls to S3Ac declined to s2ihc
closing at S2BQs3c--lc under yesterday.
| Cash wheat was easy and / cent lower
Corn-No developments of an unusual
kind were noted in the corn market A
slow dragging trade, with prices moving
| upward or downward In narrow fractions
as the wheat market displayed strength
or weakness look place. May corn opened
at 257sc, sold between 25AG26c, and 252sI
25lzc, closing at 25lsc-ss Of cent under
yesterday. Cash corn was h6Ac higher,
whilst trading was in progress, but the
feeling at the close was nominally weak
| in sympathy with the futures
oats were not particularly active nor
strong. The easier feeling in wheat had
an adverse effect on the tone, and those
who had accumulated a little oats on its
frmness, willingly disposed of them to-
day. Heavy selling by a prominent COM
mission house intensified the weakness in
the last hour. May oats closed NC under
| yesterday. Cash oats were steady to firm.
but the close was nominally weak and
| lower
Provisions-A shade better feeling exist
ed In the hog market this morning, and il
was, In turn, transmitted to product In
termittent trading of no particular import
constituted the days business. There was
considerable changing from January into
May later in the session, but prices did
not show any essential change. May pork
| closed 21kG5c lower; May lard unchanged,
and May ribs shade higher
The leading futures ranged as follows.
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.