Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-04

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Cash quotations: Flour duh and easy:
haid-wheat spring patents, S.l5H$S. ~:
soft-wheat patents, s3u$S.lo. No. 2 spring
wheat, tiSlNts.c.; No: 2 red, eslsfl1ec. No.
Mc ssrI pork 7SS,s 49, LARD oats sss 6
shoulders. sie2iss4 size: short clear sides.
Si2isa$525 Whiskey, sl.22.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
UNION sTocK-YARDs. ILL. March
5.-Cattle-Receipts, 5000 head. Market
bulls, 81 500 $3.50; Texans. $5.2s6silc.
Aogs-KeSeeiggots' 100, 1000 head Market
and Shipping lots. ssSsas4S; common 10
choice mixed. S5.SJN$il0 choice assorted,
AMAlo; light, sSs54AlV; piss. S5.iygsi.
Sheep-Recepts, io,Wo head. Market
firm; inferior to choice. s2.5oa;S.T0; Lambs
$3.5eltti.s5.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, March s.-l23o p. NJ
Cotton-Demand moderate; prices easier;
American nllddling, 4 Ii-3zd.; sales. 1000
bales-American, 500 bales; speculation
bales-American, 1900 bales.
Futures opened steady; demand mode-
rate; March, ll-6id.; March and. April.
4 lO-6tqi li-eiai io-6id., April and May,
4 lo-eiq4 Sid. June and July, 4 $50
l0-Gid.; July and August S-6i1i SEQ
SID; August and September. 6-6ifp
l-6id.; September and october, l-ef@
4 2-6id; December and January, 59-6ld.
i2:i5 p. M.-American. spot grades.
l-lsd; lower: American mlddling, fair.
ding, s-S2d.; low middling. s-lsd.; good
ordinary, l-l6d. ordinary, T-Sd.
4 u. M-Cotton-March. 9-gid.. buyers:
March and April, SID, sellers; May and
y.sid.. sellers; June and July, SSH.
sellers; July and August. 4 1914 SID,
I sid, sellers; September and october,
3 5S-6iq3 5s-6id., buyers; November and
December. and December and January.
3 5S-6id.. buyers,
Futures closed steady.
NEW YORK, March -cotton--steady:
Z ii-i6c.; net receipts. Is, paies; gross re
ceipts, 2.S&i bales: forwarded, 1856 bales;
sales. l,ee6 bales; spinners. sos bales;
Totals to-day: Net receipts, l5.l77 bales;
exports-to Great Britain. 6,7S7 bales; 10
the Continent. lO.l7 bales; stock. 7s2,iA
bales.
Totals So far this week: Net receipts,
l5.6sS bales; exports-to Great Britain. 2s. :
rs bales; to France. l,210 bales; 10 tho
Continent, 25,22i bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net receipts.
4.i6559o bales; exports--to Great Britain.
1,51963S bales; TO France. s9s,O66 bales; TO
the Continent, l.29s75 bales.
Futures closed barely steady; sales 1884,
600 bales; March. 1872; April, N.ss; May.
September. s7.29: October, y2i; November.
SIG; December T1s: January, Nzt.
Suns cotton report: Cotton declined to
later Re" this H crop sas 'r Was 10 points higher
and the next advanced to 6. closing
steady, with sales OF i9s,oo bales.
were lacking in to-day's market, but II
the main 1t was stronger. owing TO small
receipts They were small at Mobile,
where they were only Is bales; only isz 81
graphic bunder making them ! SO caused
some operators To- sell out. They were
small at GaIves,on,. New Orleans.
Charleston. Houston. st. Louis and Menu
1900. and only got l5.l77. II Is true that
Liverpool declined, that Manchester was
weak, that dry-goods continued dun, ana
that the spot markets were In some cases
show much decline The political outlook
was considered more pacific. and as al
ready stated the receipts were light. mo
price hinged on the receipts more than
an awning else to-day Men arc Begin
ming TO realize that the crop movement
does not seem 10 point to yield much.
IL any, over 10000 bales, and as for the
next crop, not one, OF course, knows any
thing about H. Just now the price LOCKS
low 10 a good many and to-day buying
was reported by Inman, Swan a Co.
Henry Hentz & Co, Mum 4 Co, Leh-
man Brothers Hubbard Brothers, Prize.
Mccormick e Co, r.. S. EidenbUrg a Co.,
and many other commissOn-houses. some
OF this business. OF course, was TO cover
shorts. but many feel more friendly 10
cotton than they did recently.
NEW ORLEANS, March Cotton
Futures steady; sales. 1900 bales; Mareh
and April. $40; MAY SIS; June. no;
July. H33: August. S.2G; September. S,o2;
october, 500; November, s5Si; December.
1854
NAVAL-STORE MARKETS..
WILMINGTON ~ C., March 3,-Ro-
s!n-sirained. sl.z; good strained. $50;
snlrits OF Turpentne--FirnA machine.
nc; irregular. 2j l-2c.; crude turpentsnes
nothing doing.
Tar-Steady at SOC.
CHARLESTON. S. c., March 3.-Tur-
pentlne-Firrn at 25itc. sales, none.
Rosln-Firm: sales. 800 barrels; y. 81; g,
nlO: y, $40; j., sl.35; F. no; q, N.&;
II. $50
SAVANNAH. GA. March 5.-Turpcn-
tine-27c. no sales.
Rosin-Firm and unchanged; sales nos
reported.
Wilson Notes.