Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-09

cember. SIG. January. size; May,
S. Csc
Corn-spots dull but firm; No. 2, &c.
in elevator; Zoe. afioat. Options dull and
a trihe firmer; December. 29c. January.
% 5-Sc.; May. 32c
oats-spots quiet and firm. Options dull
but steady. l-Sc. up TO l-sc. down: De-
eeember 23hc.; January, q Use; February.
%lac.; mixed western, 25a24ikc.
Haydn fair demand; shipping. 62izc.;
good TO choice. HQS0o-
Wool-Firmer. but quiet and unchanged.
Beef-Steady and quiet: family, s9.50li
so; extra mess. N.50GSs; beef hams firm
at $3.50; tlerced beef scarce but firm; city
extra India mess NSgsli.
Cut Meats-Quiet and unsettled; picked
bellies, $; shoulders. 1915; hams. SASS.
Lard-Quiet but firmer; western steam,
$40; city. 3.G2l5; December. siO5 nomi-
nally; refined slow; Continent Si45: South
Pork-Steady; new mess, S2s4$S.75.
Butter-ChOice firm; State dairy. Ia
2Oc.; do. creamery, lS92s1ac.; western
Eggs-Dull and weak: State and Penn
sylyania 2lM25c.; ice-house, l6l2fc.; west
ern fresh, 2lg23c.; do. cases, S2S50$L50;
southern. 2Oq2lxc. lined, l5i9QlSc.
Cott9nseed-Oil Steady; crude. Zlc. yell
Rosin-Qulet and steady; strained. COM
mon 70 good, S.s2iz.
Turpentlne-Ffrm and quiet at 271s12Sc
Rlee-Fairly active firm. and I'M
Molasses-Firm. moderately active. and
unchanged.
Peanuts-Moderatel active; fancy hand
Coffee Steady and i5QG5 points NJ; De
cember Se354S945; March s9.f0Q$J.s0.
May, S9Eg $50; July. $9.5qS9.5o; Septem-
Der g. yeq$g55; spot Rio dull; No. 2
sugar-Raw dull but steady; fair re-
filming, Use; refined. quiet; soft, l-Sc
lower: others unchanged; of A. 4 I-Sc, ;
standard 4, S-Se.; cut-loaf and crushed,
Freights to Liverpool-Quiet and easy;
Cotton, by steam, - grain, by steam. I'd.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. December S.-Flour-Dull
and unchanged
Wheat-Dull; spot. sac bid: May.
S7laqSAc.; steamer No. 2 red. sls.c
southern, by sample 9OdS2o.; do, on
grade. S6AQ90hc
Corn-tirm; spot, 2sq29 l-Sc.; year. 2sisp
Is 5-sc.; January. AltGl2S 3-Sc.; February.
2slaa&$4c.; steamer mixed. - 7-Sq25c.
southern white, 3Q%l3c. do. yellow,
oats-steady; No. white, 25a2sc. No.
Rye-Easier; No. near by, nQ42c; No.
western, t3Gi3ihc.
Hay-Steady: choice timothy s135Cdsi4
Grain Freights-Dull and inclined TO be
lower. Quotations unchanged.
Provisions Steady. mess pork, $50
bulk shoulders S.75; short-rib or clear
sides, SO; hams, $3.50.
Sasc 90 i"''e' '"'''' ''''' SUI
Eggs-Flrm at &c for best
Coffee-Firm at t1025 for No. T.
Sugar-Weak and a shade lower on al
grades
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. December S-To-day's wheat
| market WAS down In tho morning and ny
| IN the afternoon. Liverpool offered no
| encouragement Opening prices at that
place were off a half penny at the open
/ Ing, and lost another I'D. before the close.
| (at noon) the enormous decrease I'm the
| worlds stock set shorts" TO cover, and
| caused prices TO advance nc. The large
| cleaTanceS which continue at the seaboard
| are. more than anything else. the bulllsn
| point at present. May wheat opened ~
! from &)L 70 SOC, sold between 1874 and
! Sic. and closed AT s02iI0 7-Sc. Cash
wheat was Irregular closing unchanged
| to NC. higher.
The inactivity in wheat was not con-
| ducive TO spirited action In corn. The
| tendency was lower weakness prevail
| ing here. as elsewhere. Bradstreets re-
ported a decrease in stocks OF 95s,0N
/ bushels Prices rallied with wheat later
| in the session. May corn opened at PC
sold between % rs and 26 l-sa26Ac., ano
closed az the outside-i-Sc. over yesterday
| Cash corn was quiet and steady.
! oats deprecated early. but after moor
| with wheat. Bradstreets gave a decrease
| in stocks of BAG 900 bushels. May closed
unchanged. Cash oats were steady.
Observation-Disclosures was quiet at tho
close. and was at quite the best figure
of the day. May pork closed 5i2c ano
May lard and ribs 2i5c. higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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