The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-30


January 800, ..........,.,..., 22% 70
May ,.-.,...,. ,..,.t.,.,...t... I68 25f
OATS.
December .......,.....,..,..,. lj& 1875
May. ......., 20 ZJt5
MESS PORK, Per BDi.
January .....................S s. r.
LARD, Per los Lbs.
January January n'.......''...'''''.' IS q 3do7
SSA{oRiT1; RIBS, Per 100 Lbs ii:''' o.
January ..,...-...............'$3 ~ 80
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm. heat, No. spring, &aS0A;
No. spring 13a55, NO. 2 red 81 Ba93 Corn,
No. 2, p Oats, No 2, II; No. 2 white l8&a
10 0 b; No. white l7al74. Rye, No. 2,
37h. Barley nOminal No. 2, 0 b 231 D35; No 4,
22a25. Flax seed, No. |, 74Ha76R Prime Tin
othy seed 500. Mess pork per bbl s. 63
6.8F. Lard, per iI lbs $372a3.75 Short rib
sides (oose) $37Ua3 SO; dry-sated shoulders
(hoxedl 44a4h; short clear sides (boXed) AZ
~. Whiskey, distilloIe finished goods per gal
NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK. Dec. 29.-Flour frmer; city
mill patents S5l0a5.35: do clears $4.95a5 O5;
Minnesota patents %.45a4 60; Minnesota ba-
kers $3.4Ga3 %; winter patents S490a5.10; do.
straights &.6OG4 TO- do. winter extras $500
385: winter low grades S2.70d30 %.
Rye -four active; supertine S2S5a3.05; fancy
s3.10a3.25.
Buokwheat flour steady at SI85.
Buckwheat quiet at 35
Corn meal active; yellow western 60; city
Rye nominal; No. 2 western 44a46; car lots
40a42.
Barley steady; western feeding 70; mating
-: barley malt dull western 50a55
Wheat, spot, strong, No. 1 Northern New
York $50 f. o. b. atioat; No hard 91A +. o. b.
ah0at options No. red January g04aYls,
closed 9l8; March 81 l5-l6a9j%, closed 934:
stay 6S@a89#, closed S9b: July H4aS64,
closed sG4; December 90@ avs, closed 9z@.
Corn, spot, trm No. 2, 30 IN elevator 81
ah0at; options January 29Ra29A, closed 29a;
al & y
cember closed 29A.
Oats, spot dull; No. 2, 22H; No. delivered
23A: No. ), 2Oh, No. white 2l4; No. white
q; track mixed western 3Ja3l; track white
State 49,, options, January closed Pa, Febru-
airy %, closed %. May "A l-l6a244, closed PA;
December closed p
Hay quiet; shipping 52ka57k good to choice
GTAa70
~, 1880 crop d,al3, Pacific coast 1885 crop dha
IA 1896 crop, 9ai5
Hides quiet Galveston, 20a25 lbs, l2al8,
BleuOs AJTcs dry, aa-4 los, nominal; IeNas
cry, 2ia30 lbs, %; California, 2laz5 los l5%.
Leather QuiCt HeIGlOCk sole Bu6nUs Ayrae
Tight to heavy We3ghtS, I%%a2J&; acid, 20lDZ3.
Wu,.i quiet; domestic fleece, l5aZU pulled
I34la.
Coal tirm.
Beef quiet, family So 5aa$it; extra mess
$.25as.CU; oeet hams Sl6: packed soe9s '0' city
extra India mess $l2 5oaI450
Cut meats trim; plckled bellies 4EaiA 90
picked shoulders A.; do. hams 64a9
Lara easy. western steamed %Ula, city -
December S4,05, nominal; refined dull; CONT
nenr 81 50; south American 81 Co. compound
*.
pork dull; old mess S8256875; short clear
SS.75al0.50; family $lOUO0l05O
Butter quiet; western creamery Io0ZZ
do. factory 7aI2; Elgins ~; imitation cream
cry llai6&; State dairy l3alS; do, creamery
14a21.
Cheese quiet, large State 7H@10&; small
fancy 740iUA; part skins 3hG7h; full skins
-, ann. c4o*a ord por,,sv,l,,ario ola
"a; western fresh iSa2O.
Tallow firm; city CS2 per package) 3 5-l6,
country packages free) 7-l6, as TO quality.
Cotton seed oil quiet, prime crude 20 bid,
do f mills lTal74; OIL crude lS%, prime
summer yellow Z3az4&, of summer yellow
221a23, butter grades 25Aa26, prime white ga
Petroleum dull, United closed at 80 bid,
refined New York $500; Philadelphia and
Baltimore So 20; do. in bulk $40
ROsin quiet: strained, common TO good
Turpentine quiet at 26XG27K.
Rice steady; domestic, fair to extra 5@0
aoiasses quiet; New Orleans, open kettle,
good to choice, 24a3 for new crop.
Pig iron quiet; southern $llal2.25; northern
Sll.O0al3.UG; exchange -.
ALSO
Tin easier: stratghts $3.50; plates quiet.
Spelter dull; domestic 81 l2haA 20.
Lead strong; brokers $3.50; exchange $3 Goa
sos.
Coffee Options, December 5000, January
80 70a9 so, March $9.75a9 IS, April Is, May
S9.75a9 IS, july 50 S5a9 80, September $9.85a
1000 Spot, Rio firm; No. z, lO%; mild steady;
Cordoya l5hGF.
Sugar raw quiet; fair refining 10 49, cen
trifuRal. 96-test, 3-l6; refined steady; No 6,
1916 No. Z, 80, No. s, ll-i6; No. 8, 38,
No TO- 3 9-16, No. II, 3k, No. u, 3 7-l6, No. l3,
81; No. Il, 3 5-l6, Mould A, AZ, standard A, *;
confectiOners' A, A., cut loaf B. crushed 5,
powdered AZ, graduated AZ, cubes ~.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.-Flour firm; west
ern super $2.S5sg3.30; do. extra $350G4 10;
do. family $450d94.85; winter wheat patents
$5.00a5.z5; spring do S4.65(G4 95; spring wheat
straights S4.4OGD470
Wheat strongg- spot 90 bid; May 90Ka90R;
Southern wheat by sample 93a84; do. ON
grade 89h a93k.
Corn steady; spot 28Ra26H, year 27K; Jan
uary February 27Ra28: March z86a282s,
steamer mixed 25ha25A; Southern white corn
s2A a27A: do. yellow 22A a27&
Oats steady: No. white western 25a28; No.
2 mixed 22kd23.
pc firm; No. 2, nearby, u@42; western 49,
AJAX.
Hay steady, choice Timothy $13.5O@14.O0.
NAVAL STORES.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. 29.-ROsin firm
at Sl.40.
WILMINGTON. n. c., December 29-Rosin
firm; strained $1.45; good $l5O; spirits firm
at 234 AJAX.
Tar quiet at SLIGO.
Turpentine dull; hard $40; soft $780, viz
. sA VAN Ga b., Dec. 29-spirits firm at
24A. Sales ,939.
Rosin firm; water white S2.75; window glass
SO 25 N So 90: NJ ST. 95; h $lS5; J. $l.75; III, Sl.65;
@, Sl.45: T, $l.45; e, $l.45; d, c. d and SLAB,