The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-26
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Exciting Time In the Wheat Pit
Prices Go Up.

There was an exciting market in wheat fu
lures. Cables came higher at the opening
but there was local tendency to liqu1date
and the opening was lower, followed by big
decline Buying then set in, ruling the price
up to a point something above Thursdays
close There was little feature to the marke
outside the wide range of prices quoted.
There was again very sharp demand FOL
all offerings Of cash wheat Of contract grade
Both millers and elevator people We're in the
market for all they could get on the basis Of
the December price and on the decline fol
lowing the opening OF the market the price
of the future declined considerably in ad,
vance of the decline in the cash article sc
that during the greater part of the first
hour when the bulk Of the cash wheat was
traded in, a slight premium was generally
paid.
Following are closing prices: No. hard
on track, 66Ac; No. !, northern, September
6lc; No. | northern. December, 6414@64ssc
No. l northern, Mays 67&c; No. northern
&C. '-NN' - '-oi 'Ae'i'' On 'is'eN
Cash sales by sample and otherwise. in
clude the following sales:
No. hard DID, cars SIC; No northern
cars, 625sc; No. 1 northern, cars, &c; No
l northern, Is cars, 62slc; No. northern, I
cars, 621zc; No. l. northern, cars, 62Hc
No. l northern, old, car. 6314c; No. north
ern, to arrive, old. 1 car 63Ac; No. north
ern, to arrive, IL cars, 6214c; No. / northern
to arrive, cars, 62s4c No northern. q
cars, 61Ac; No. northern, 16 cars, Gle; No
3. cars, 59c; No. 8, 2 cars, 60c; No. corn
1 car. 2O1Ac No. oats, 2 cars, Ice; No
oats, l car, 1870.
Received-Wheat, sos cars, s45, 44o bu; oats
lS,O2O Blu; barley, 200 blu; rye, 1880 blu
fax, 8, 400 bu; -four. $50 bbls; hay, " tons
iruit, 47S,S $50 bbls; merchandise, /, $50 lbs
lumber, II cars; barrel stock, cars; ma
chinery, $500 TBS; coal, 71S tons; wood 27s
cords; brick, $4,000; lime, car; cement, 81:
ibis; household goods. 10000 lbs; stone and
marble, 80 cars; railroad iron, car: cured
meats, 900 lbs; dressed meats "a 900 lbs
railroad materials. 10 cars; sundries. II cars
car lots, 907.
1850 bu; barley, 1880 Blu; rye, 1850 bu;
fax 200 bu; oil, $1,000 TBS; flour, SO e6s bbls
m1ilstuns, 1,349 tons; fruit 1850 lbs: mer-
chandise. !, SS7 1854 lbs; lumber, 81 cars; ma
en- na 5000 ms: coal. 10 tons; cement
peits, ETC., 1880 TBS; railroad materials,
cars sundrIes, 10 cars; car lots. 721.
FLOUR-First patents. sSs0@S.7 70 per Dbl
20; second cellars, $2.30@12.40; low grade anc
red dog is quotable at s1.15l1 90 per Dbl IN
1ute Flour shipments. 59,9SS bbls.
HAY-Choice to fancy. $566 per ton,
&C er to medium: $3@4-5o; choice timothy
%.5O@S: receipts, 70 tons.
COMING yellow is quoted at 21O211hc
No. 3, 1s1zq19a4c; receipts. none; shipments
oATs-New white. 1sM@17c: No. white
old 17AG1sc; new No. 8, 1e@161kc; old No. g
17@I71@c: receipts. II cars; shipments. 6.
BARLEY-22@25c;. receipts. 20 ears ship
ments. 2.
BUTTER = Creameries = Extras, perfec,
goods. lac; firsts,l lacking in flavor. almost
perfect, 13c; seconds. 101aG11c; thirds. 76Sc
i'm tation, frsts, 1111111c; imitation, seconds
71kGSfc. Diaries Eytras, packages included
12lh613c; frsts, lacking in flavor. sweet
10hG111@c: seconds. 71a091hc. LadIes-Ex-
tras 101R@t111c: flrsts S@S1zc: packing
stock 515G6c; grease butter clean, &c.
EGGs-strictly fresh. 124Q121sc; seconds
6GD61bc. -
Cases returned. 1kc less. Sales are made
subject to Gambling. with loss off on rotten
and broken eggs.