The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-16

Corn meal dull; yellow western SO: city
60; Brandywine $2.I5.
Rye nominal; No. western 44a46; car lots
40a42.
Barley steady; western feeding 2ska28K;
mating, 3ea46; barley malt nominal: western
50gQ55.
Wheat, spot, weaker, No Northern New
York 8SB f. o. b. atioat; No. hard 93a
I. o. 3. atioat; options, No 2 red January
694: May S64aSS, closed s6%; July SlAaS2h,
closed SlA; December s71IaS8 ll-l6, closed
Corn, spot, steady No. 2, 294 in elevator
3s ahoat; strict low, 20: options, January
closed -.
23H; No. 3, 204; No. white 25k; No. white
22h; track mixed western 2Ia3lk, track white
State -, options January closed I'm, Febru-
airy 23k, closed 23b; May closed 24ka24%; De
cember closed ~
Hay easy; shipping $4,000; good to choice
70a75.
Pops quiet: common to choice 1895 crop aa
~ ,leg6 crop S9l4, Pacific coast, 1896 crop 3a
~, 1896 crop, Gaia.
Hides steady: 9 galveston, 20a25 lbs, IS, Buenos
Ayres dry, 2Ua24 lbs, nominal: Texas dry 24a
30 lbs, 1O California, 2la25 lbs, l5k.
Leather dull; Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
light to heavy weights, 19ha2O4; acid, 2UQB25
Wool quiet; domestic fleece, 15a20; pulled
l5a1S.
Coal quiet.
Beef steady; family $9OOa$1O; extra mess
500; beef hams $l7.bOaSlS packed $Sa$9 city
extra India mess Sll.
Cut meats easy; picked bellies 4Xa5 do
picked shoulders 4; do. hams 8h(d9.
Lard easy; western steamed $4.l5, city -;
December S4l0 nominal refined steady; con-
tinent $40; South American $4.75; com
pound as
Pork steady; old mess SS25Ca8 rs: short clear
S.. 15al0.50; family $l0.50@ll.0O.
Butter quiet; western creamery 1891;
do. factory lal2; Elg1ns II; imitation cream
lia20.
Cheese quiet, large State .7kG1OK; small
fancy 7&0l0h; part skins 3AQ7; full skins
2h@3.
Eggs steady; State and Pennsylvania 1S0
20; western fresh l5a20.
Tallow dull and weak: city ($2 per package)
81, country packages free) 34 as TO quality.
Petroleum dull; United closed at 49,,
refined New York $6.40; Philadelphia and
Baltimore So 81; do. in bulk 1875.
Rosin steady; strained, common to good
$l.S0a1S24
Turpentine steady at 264d 27K.
Rice steady; domestic, fair to extra 1895,
Molasses quiet: New Orleans, open ket-
tie, good TO choice, 26a4 for new crop.
Pig iron dull southern $llal2.25; northern
$1l. 0Ual300; exchange -.
Copper quiet; lake brokers' L8; exchange
lin dull straights Sl2 IS. plates dull.
Spelter quiet; domestic $4.05.
Lead firm; domestic brokers $40; eX-
change $3a305.
Cotton seed oil dull; prime crude, 20 asked;
prime crude o mills =, of crude isaac;
low 22A; butter grades -; prime white 2j&@
~.
Coffee Options December S935a9.40 Jan
uary So 55a9 45; March $g35a9 40, May So 35a9 40,
July $40 Spot, Rio quiet; No. 7, invoice
l04, jobbing 10Y: mild quiet; Cordova l5hGl7.
Sugar, raw quiet; fair refining "a; cen
trifugal, 96-test, 81; refined quiet; No. 8,
8 1876; 40. Z, 81, No. 8, 3 1l-16 No. 9, 81,
No. 10, GIG, Noe ii, 81, No. IL, 7-l6, No. 10,
80; No. IA, 5-l6, Mould A, AZ, standard A, Al;
confectioners' A, A, cut loaf 5, crushed g.,
powdered ~, grauulated AZ, cubes ~.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 15.-Flour firm; west
ern super S2.S5(G330 do. extra $1,000 ID;
do. family $4.50d4.s5; winter wheat patents
S5.00a5.25; spring do. $4.75(d5 CO., spring wheat
straights $450@4.70.
Wheat dull; spot 90x bid May Ssa8Sa /;
steamer No. 2 red -; Southern wheat by sam-
pie 9la92; do. on grade 874 a9l4.
Corn easy: spot 2SA ass, year 2S&a2SA !,
January 2IAa2S February 28a28A: March
284a2s%; steamer mixed 26a261; Southern
white corn z2a28; do yellow 22a2S.
Oats-steady; No. white western 25a26; No.
2 mixed % (d23.
Rye firm; No. 2, nearby, 41042; western
43Ha43A,