The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-18

kegs, $1.60. New mullet, half barrels, $3.50
Salt-Demand is fair. and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b., Liverpool
00-pound sacks, 4sc; Virginia. 125-pound
bulap sacks, 32c; ditto 125-pound cotton
sacks 35c; smaller lots, higher.
Syrup-Market quiet. Georgia and Flor
ida syrup, buying at 2Sc; selling at 23625c;
sugar house at lSQS2c; Cuba, straight
goods, 23Q30c; sugar house molasses, 150
zoe.
Tobacco-Market quiet and steady;
smoking domestcs, 22Q6Oc: chewing COM
mon, sound, AQ27c; fair. 230I35c; good. Sc
case; bright, 60q65c; fine fancy, 659S0c.
Sugar-Equality Prices-Savannah Quo.
tations-Cut loaf, 5.1Sc; crushed, 5lSc;
powdered, 4.sOc; xxx powdered 49Sc;
standard granuated, 4.55c; cubes. 4SOc.
mould A, 4.SOc; diamond A, 455c; confec-
toners A, 4.43c; white extra C. 4O5c; extra
c, $3.50; golden c, assoc; yellows, 3.6Sc. Tone
firm.
Coffee-Mocha, Java, 2S1kc; Peaberry,
271Ac; standard No. l, 2Okc; No. 2. 17Isc;
No. 2, 161zc; No. 8. 15c; No 4, lac; No. ..
1S1sc; No. 6, 1214c No. 7, 111ac.
Flour-Very strong; patents, $3.50
st,aights. $5.25; fancy, $50; family. gtW
Corn-Market is steady; white corn. lob
lots, 4Sc; carload lots, 45c; mixed corn.
none; cracked corn, job lots. CSC sack.
Oats-Carload lots, &c. lob lots. Csc
Bran-Job lots, Sc; carload lots. 75c.
Hay-Market steady; western job lots,
&c; carload lots. Toe.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel, $3.50; per sack
$l.10; city meal, per sack, CSC; pearl grits
per barrel, $3.50; per sack, $l.15; city grits,
per sack, $105.
Wines-Domestic port, sherry, catawba
low grades, 60dS5c; fine grades, $l.OOa1 80:
California light muscatel and angelica,
$1.356L75.
Liquors-Market firm; high wines. ba
sis. $1.1S; whisky, per GALLON rectified. 100
proof, $1.356L75; choice grades. S. 5Oa2. 90:
straight, Sl.45Q3.50; blended, $2O0GI4O0: low
proofs in proportion. Gins, 1c per gallon
higher. RUNS. &c higher.
Lemons-Market quiet; new crop Messi-
ma, per box. $SOO93.25.
Pine Apples-cases. A.Ooa5.OO; one-haIf
cases. s225@3.OO. ltagf VI III
Oranges-Florida, S4.00d425 per box.
Apples-s1. 75a2.OO barrel.
Dried Fruit-Appfes, evaporated, 8Ib6
10c common, 7dSc.
Raisins-L. L., $1.75; Y box, $l.10; loose.
50-pound boxes. 615c pound.
Oils-Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal, 4505Oc; West Virginia, black. 9712c:
lard, 65d7Oc; neatsfoot. 6OaS5c; machinery,
20G3Oc; linseed, raw, &c; boiled, 39c; kero-
sene, Georgia test, 10c; water white, lie:
fire proof, 12c; guardian, lie; deodorized
stove gasoline, 13c.
Lime, Calcined Plaster and Cement
Alabama and Georgia lime in fair de-
mand and selling at S5c per barrel, bulk
and carload lots special; calcined plaster,
S160 per barrel; hair 4@5c. Rosedale ce-
ment, $1.301440; carload lots, special:
Portland cement, retail, $40; carload lots,
$40
Nuts-Alnonds, Tarragona, 1sc; Ivicas.
14c; walnuts, French, lie; Naples, 121kc;
pecans, 1Oc; Brazils, &c; flberts, 1Oc: as
sorted nuts, 5O-pound and 25-pound boxes,
91kG1Oc; cocoanuts, $3.75 per 100.
Cabbage-Barrels, 7c.
Peanuts-Ample stock, fair demand;
market steady; fancy hand-picked. vir-
pound, 4c; small hand-piclSed, per pound;
&c.
DEMONSTRATES, soc; barrel, $50
Potatoes-Irish, S1.65 barrel: sacks, s.. 50.
Shot-Firm; drop to d, $l.30; b to larger,
$1.t5; buck, $l.55.
Iron--Market very steady; Swede, 40
&c; refined, $L70 base.
Gun Powder-F-er keg, $500; half keg.
1925; quarter keg, S1.25. Champion duck
ing. quarter keg, $2.25 Austin, Dupont
and Hazard, smokeless half kegs, Ss.45;
quarter kegs. 1870; 3-pound canister, $2i
1-pound canister, Toe. Less % to 10 per
cent. or.
Lumber-Demand, both foreign and do
nestle Is firm. Ordinary sizes, $ii.000
100; difficult sizes. sis.OOnls.OO; flooring.
boards, Sl5.OOa22.O0; ship stun, $l6.50420.0O;
sawn ties. 5000.
Poultry-steady. fair demand; spring
chickens. 25c per pair; half-grown 70
three-quarters grown, 3)c to 35c pair;
full-grown fowls, zoe per pair.
Eggs-MarlSet fully supplied: candled,
per dozen, 210Z2c: country, &c less.
Hides, Wool, Etc ides-The market
Is strong and advancing; dry flint. HE;
dry salt. 9lac; green salted. Tc. Wool
Quiet; prime Georgia, free Of sand burrs.
and black wool. 12c; blacks. lOc; bury So
7c. Wax. Csc. Taiiow. &c. Deerskins, i5c.
Bagging and Ties-The market Is firm:
jute bagging, h-Dound. &c: 2-pound, 6izc;
1A-pound. 7c.: quotations are for Job lots;
small lots higher; sea island bagging, 8U
SIC: STANDARD Arrow ties, STEEL Is pounds.
large lots. $40; small lots. bagging. S9
SIC: STANDARD Arrow ties steel. l5 pounds,
large lots. $i.20: small lots. Siz.
Dry Goods-The market u steady: de-
mand brisk; prints. <Q5c; Georgia brown
shirtings. 4, nc; -. Sc; ~ brown sheet
in2s. Sc. white Osnaburgs, 7M7lzc; checks,
fa5c. brown driliings, 5Qe1zc.