The news & observer., 1896-12-24
NEW YORK

NEW fOkh.
New YORK, Dec. 23-Flour dun; city
mill patents S.. l0a5.33. do clears I95a9 IS;
Minnesota patents S4.4Ja4 65; Minnesota ba-
kers $3.4a3 a5; winter patents $i.s1a510; do.
straights Sio0o3 IS: do. winter extras $500
3.S5: winter low grades S2.I5a3 %.
Rye tour quiet; superhne &.S5a3.05: fancy
S3.10a3.25.
Buckwheat -four dun at Sl35
Buckwheat quiet ut %
Corn meal quiet; yellow western 80: city
60; Brandywine So l0a2.l5.
Rye nominal; No. western f4a4G. car lots
40a42
Barley quiet; western feeding 28ha29;
mating, -: barley malt dull
Wheat. spot, frmer, No Northern New
York s. \ f, o. b. anoat No. hard 9i4 +. o. b.
atloat; .opuons, No. red January Sq, closed
88h; March OSa9O&, closed 90h; May SG&a
87&, closed s7%; July S2A ass 3-I6, closed Ssh
December 50 1-l8a8 z, closed S9A.
Corn, spot, firm; No, 2 10 in elevator; 80
January closed 70; May 81 l75a3l 7-l6 closed BIN;
July as, CLOSED 32% december closed -.
oats spot dnli but % Urn; ma No ~ @S ijt No' =
No. white 22A; track mixed western 2la3l,
track white State -, options, January closed
| g. February 234 a23k closed 23A; May 24}sa
| 2is, closed Ak: December closed 23K.
Feed dull.
Hay easy; shipping 52Ka57X; good to choice
70a75
Hops dull: common to choice 1895 crop 8G
| IN, 1898 crop Sgl3 Pacific coast, 1896 crop 3a
IN, 1893 crop, 9al3
Buenos Ayres dry, 2Da4 lbs, nominal; Texas
| dry, 2ia30 lbs, 9J4; California, 2la25 lbs I5h.
Leather duh; Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
| light to heavy weights, l9ka20k acid, 20gl23.
| Wool quiet; domestic fleece, l5a20; pulled
| l5a1S.
Coal hrmN
| Beef steady; family $950a$ll: extra mess
| s7.25aS.00; beef hams $ls packed $SaS950; city
/ extra India mess $12 50ai4.50.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies 4ka4A; do
picked shoulders 4a4k do. hams 81 (aSA.
| Lard lower; western steamed $4.07&, city -;
| December $.05, nominal; refined easy; con
IN.
PORK duh; old mess $s.25(8s rs; short clear
/ s.. 75al0.50; family $l0.OO0l0.50.
| Butter steady; western creamery l3022;
| do. factory 7a1z; Elgins ~: imitsMon cream
cry llal64; State dairy 13alS; do, creamery
| l4a2l.
| Cheese quiet, large State 7K(a1Ok: small
| fancy 7H0l0h; part skins 3&@7; full skins
| 2H@3
Eggs steady; State and Pennsylvania 81;
Tallow firm city (S2 per package) 35-l6@
| 3@, country packages free) 7-l6a2h, as 10
Petroleum quiet; United closed at So,
refined New York $500; Philadelphia anu
Baltimore Sc 20 do. in bulk $40.
Rosin steady; strained, common TO good
Turpentine steady 27a27H.
Rice quiet domestic, fair to extra 5&9
Moiasses steady; New Orleans. open kettle,
good to choice, 26a34 for new crop.
| Pig iron dull; southern $llal2.25; northern
Copper firm; brokers 11s: exchange $jI.s0a
| lI50
Tin firm; straights Sl3 co; plates quiet.
Spelter dull; domestic s., 24a4 z5.
Lead strong; domestic s2.T5; brokers s3a
sos.
| off crude iSh of summer yellow I'm, butter
| grades 25* a26 prime white Zsa27].
Coffee Options March $..45a9 SO, MayS9.50
Spot, Rio quiet; NOT, invoice 10, jobbing lO8:
| mild quiet; Lordoya l5AGI7.
Sugar, raw steady; fair refining 2Js: cen
trifural, test BY; refined steady; No 8,
313-I6 No. z, 3H, No. 8, 3 l1-l6; Ne. 9, 81,
No To- 3 GIG, No. IL, az, No. II, T-l6. No. -,
81; No. IA, 3 sic Mould A, ~. standard a, "A
confectioners' A, AZ, cut loaf 5, crushed 5,
powdered ~, granulated ~, cuoes4 Az
BALTIMORE.
| BaLTIMORF Dec 23-Flour firm: west
ern super S2.S5la3.30; do. extra $350G4 Is:
| do. family Sa.50d4S5: winter wheat patents
| S500a5.25; spring do. A65d4 %; spring wheat
| straights 81 40m4.70.
| Wheat inactive and higher; spot elAaa2:
1 May sSkaS9 Southern wheat By sample ga
! "a: do. on grade SSAa9lk.
| Corn strong; spot 2sk ass, year 23A a2S2s g,
| January 2TAa27: February Z7Aa27S; March
| z8a2ss, steamer mixed 25a25 southern white
corn z2Ka27k; do. yellow Y a27k
| Oats quiet and steady: No. white western
| 26a26: No. mixed 22h(d23
| Rye firm; No. 2. nearby, 4I442: western 43.
Hay quiet, choice Timothy Sl3.5Oal4.00
NAVAL STORES.
| CHARLESTON, 5. c.. Dee. 23.-Rosin firm
at S1.44.
| Turpentine firm, at 24h.
| WmMIsGToN. N. c., December 23.-Rosin
| firm: strained Sl.45; good sl.5O; spirits dull
| at 24a24k.
| Tar steady at STA.
| Turpentine quiet but steady: bard N.4o
| soft Sl.8E virgin $l.S0
| SAvANEAB, Ga, Dec 20. Spirits firm AT
| ~. Sales 445.
Rosin firm; water white S2.e5; window glass
S2b5; N, 81 25 NJ S200 h SlSj; /, i.SO; Ii, $40:
| g, Gl.b0; +, $I.45; II, $l45 ID. G, u and A Sl.45.
| Sales 2,O76