The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-24

shorts. &C. Dry-salt meats-Boxed shoulders.
4.75c; long. 5.5oc; ribs, $500; shorts. 575c.
BALTIMORE. Jan. @: - Flour firmer;
patent. ss.s5ai. Receipts. I2,72s brls; ship.
ments. 1,566 brls. Wheat easy; spot and
month, 7olsq7o9sc; May; 7olsa IOSsc; receipts,
wheat on grade, 6Sa7ic. Corn easy; spot and
month, 325sd33c; May. 35l4q35ixc; steamer
mixed, 31$4Q317sc; receipts. 165. 426 bu; ship
low corn, 321kdS3lac Oats inactive and
steady; No. 2 white Western. 24d24l2c; re-
ceipts. 1884 bu. Rye quiet and steady; No.
but firm; choice timothy. Ice asked. Grain
freights steady and unchanged. Butter
steady and unchanged. Eggs steady; fresh.
Ice. Cheese steady and unchanged.
higher; No. 2 cash, sslsc; May. &c; July
66l4c. Corn active; No 2 mixed. 2sc; No
mixed, &c; May, 30i4c. Oats quiet; No.
R Rye du hs &c. nominal eash as U coSsr seed
lower and dull: prime cash. $i35; March,
A.37la Receipts-Flour. 500 brls; wheat.
seed seed ao b Soss S s 1900 Srls
wheat, 1900 bu; corn, 5000 bu; rye, 1000 bu;
clover seed, SCI bags.
CINCINNATI, Jan. %: = Flour steady:
bu: shipments, $500 bu; Corn was in fair
demand; No. mixed, 2SAc. Oats steady;
No. 2 mixed, &c. Rye easier; No 2 Ale:
Lard firm at 5.5Oc. Bulk meats steady at
steady: sales, $50 brls. at s1.22. Butter quiet
and easy. Sugar fairly active. Eggs in
moderate demand at lac. Cheese steady.
DETROIT, Jan. 2.-Wheat dull; No. 2 red.
69lsc; May, 70Ac; July, 6612c- Corn-No. 2.
Csc. Oats-No. 2 white, 21Ac; No. mixed,
20c Rye-No. 2. 3S12c. Glover seed, A.36.
ReceiptsaWheat, $500 bu; corn ZS'1oo pu;
oats. 1000 bu.
LONDON, Jan. 2-An excellent selection
was put forward at the. wool auction sales
to-day, consisting of better Australian comb
ing greasies. which were strongly com.
peted for by American buyers, who paid III
per cent. over the December sales. Medium
grades were well taken by Yorkshire and
continental buyers at an advance OF per
essy snow by and
prices were obtained for lambs owing to the
scarcity of the present and prospective
supply. American purchases to-day were
fully 1000 bales. The present series WILL
close Jan. 80. The number Of bales offered
to-day were H,645, Of which 800 were with
New South Wales-4,2S3 bales; secured. Is
1sd@1s sd; greasy. solid. Queensland-2,ll
bales; secured. Is Idols 4d; greasy, 6lsg
112d. Victoria-1,S90 bales; secured, S11d0
Is 51sd;. greasy, 5lsdQ1s I'D. South Aus
tralia-72S bales; secured, 1sG1s I'd; greasy,
7!4Qsd. New zealand.4.2ss bales; secured;
Hope and Natal-1,0A bales; secured, 624d
OILS lid; greasy. 4Ag7a4d. Christ Church
The number of bales offered were $4,000, of
which 1900 were sold, against 1900 bales
offered. of which $4,000 were sold last year.
Metals.
CLEVELAND. Jan. E.-The Iron Trade
Review this week will say: Favorable
signs are more numerous in the iron trade,
pect on nearly every Department of the
market. The advance in Bessemer pig irons
and in steel billets noted last week has
continued and in the case of the latter
amounts now to $3.50 from the lowest point
touched In the holidays. Finished material
shows irregularities. but in nearly all lines
there is a firmer feeling, with Increased
buying Reports from all directions indicate
| that the past week has brought larger
| tonnage to most mills than any preceding
| one in three months"
per dull; brokers. s7sc; exchange, $3.50
| 9S71zc. Lead steady; brokers, 2.9Oc; ex-
change, S.o2lkas.O5c; Tin easy; straits.
13.G5Q13.10c. Plates dull and weak. Speiter
dull; domestic, &c nominal
ST. LOUIS. JAN. 23.--Lead quiet but
strong at 2.Soc. Spelter unchanged at 275c.
Butter. Eggs and Cheese.
NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-Butter-Receipts.
1888 packages. Market steady; Western
| creamery, 14Qa0c; Elgins, 2Oc Cheese-Re-
ceipts, l72 packages; ;, Market firm; State.
Receipts. 4.o2l packages. Market steady;
| Western, 17izc; Southern, 16Q17c.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23.-Butter shade
frmer; Western creamery. fancy. 19a26c;
| prints, jobbing, 21Q24c. Eggs dull and 1ec
lower; fresh nearby, 17ikc; fresh Western.
| 17@9171ec. Cheese firm.
| CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-On the Produce Ex-
| change, to-day, the butter market was
/ steady; dairy, 10017c; creamery, 4419c
| Cheese quiet at S@9lac. Eggs steady; fresh,
| 151zQ16.
| Oils.
| OIL CITY, jan 23-Credit balances, 81. 40;
| oil certificates, February delivery opened at
H.S71s: highest, $l.3S; lowest, S.S7A; closed
| 55,1H brls; runs, 1886 brls.
| WILMINGTON, Jan. 23-Rosin steady;
| strained, s. 35@l.40. Spirits of turpentine
| dull at 2Sq2S19c. Tar steady at 95c. Tur-
| pentine-Nothing doing.
| CHARLESTON, Jan. 23.-Rosin firm at
| $l.1OQ1.25. Notwithstanding doing.
| NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Petroleum weaker.
| Rosin steady. Turpentine quiet.
| SAVANNAH, Jan. 23.-Spirits of turpen-
| tine-Nothing doing. Rosin firm.
Dry Goods.
| NEW YORK. Jan. 2S:-The close of the
| day shows a moderate increase in the vol
| ume of business complete as a result of the
greater inquiry from the larger number
of buyers. The tone of the market SYM
pathized Herewith and values are no lower.
| Representatives of some very important out
come except on business. Printing cloths
| very dull and nominal at 3@27sc, and sales
| of 1000 pieces at the latter price.
Cotton.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 23.-Cotton steady;
| nary, 7-16c. Net receipts, ASP bales; gross
receipts A. SIS bales: exports to Great Brit