The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-22
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Now Yorh Stock Market.

~so~ 4OEH btOCk hAuxk0Is
NEw YORK, Feb. 21.-To-day's stock
market fell slightly below yesterdsy's
record In point Of activity and the course
of prices, while somewhst errasio, re-
hected strong undertone. The real
tendency of values WAS obscured by the
approach of the double holiday which
caused traders on both sides of the so-
count to clean up their contracts. The
market closed quiee but strong In tone
with the net changes, advances as n
rule.
closing stocks were as follows:
Atohison, l7H; Adams Express, las,
Baltimore and Ohio, 36; Chesspeake
ana Ohio, l7sS; Chicago, Burlington and
quincy, 8oA; Chicago Gas, esq; C. o. c.
ana st. Louis, 3sA; Del, Lackawanna
tie Feeders Co., 1875; Erie, 171s; Erie
preferred, ssN; Great Northern pre-.
ferred, Ito; Lake Shore, I46X; Lead
russ' 81 Louisville and Nash Vile,
5sH; National Oordage, b1k; National
CordsHe preferred, IL; N. j. Central,
1O8; Norfolk and Western preferred,
sA; Northern Pacific preferred, IGN;
orshwestern, los; Northwestern pre-
ferred. l48; N. Y. Central, 9S9k; NY,
and New England, 46; Pacific Mail,
29H; Pullman Palace, l59H; Reading,
l5<; Rock Island, 1871; St. Paul, 7sH;
So. Paul and Omaha, Al; Southern
Pacific, 90; Sugar Refinery, 1l5X;
Union Pacific, SA; Western Union,
80; General Electric. 5iss; Southern,
lox; Southern preferred, 32X; Tobacco,
SlA; Tobacco preferred, LOB
Now York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2l.-Money on call
easy at 3@4 per cent, last loan
per cent, closed per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 5x@7 per cent ster-
ling exchange dull ana unchanged with
actual BUSINESS In bankers bills ct 4 SIX
(94.67H for demand and 4 S61@4 s6L
for sixty days. Posted rates 4.s7@
s7N and 4ssx@4 SO. Commercial
bills, 4s5H. Bar silver. 67%. Silver
certificates, 6sX@6SX. Government
bonde firm. State bonds dull. Railroad
bonds strong. Petroleum ateady, closed
1851 bid.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-The uncertainty
regarding the effect Of the cold weather
upon winter wheat and the unwillinRs
ness OF traders to carry stocks over the
holiday, created rather heavy wheat
market to- day and prices IT the close
showed about n cent decline. Corn and
oats were hrmer and advanced 4 and 4
respectively. Provisions also made
blight advances.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat, No. 2-February, opening,
6sA, closing, 62A; May, opening. GAN,
closing. GAS; June, opening. 64X, clos
ing, 64Ss; July, opening, 64Sl, closing,
Corn. No 2-February, opening, -,
closing, 2sA; May, opening, 29X,
closing. 3o%; July, opening. 81, clos
ing,, Big; September, opening. 80,
closing, 32A.
Oats No. s-February. opening. 19x,
closing. 1915; May, opening. 81. olos-
Ing, 2lB; July. opening, 81, closing.
2lS September opening 81, closing,
2l1s.
Mess pork. per bbl.- February, opsn.
ing. 9.92%, closing, 9 s73k; May, opening,
1910 closing, 1905; July, opening.
1925, closing, 10 90.
Lard, per 100 bs.-February, open
ing. 42<. closing, 545; May. open.
Ing, 5.57x, closing, s 60; July, open.
Ing, 6.72s, closing, 5.72H.
Short ribs. per 100 lbs.-February,
opening, 10, closing, $40; May,
opening, 5.25, closing. 525; July,
opening, 5.3a, closing, S.
cash quotations. were rs follows:
Flour steady; winter patents, 500
$50; winter straits, 5.O0@3.5O; spring
patents. 3 40@3. go; spring straits, 9 600
30; bakers, 2.10@2.40. No. spring
wheat. 62A@63A; No. 3 spring wheat,
6i@64k; No. Q red, 66%@6716; No. Q
corn. 28A:No.2 yellow, esA; No oats,
1917; No. white, 2lN@22A; No. 8
white, 19H@2lN; No. rye. SO; No.
barley. nominal; No. 3, 25x@37; No.
4, 5000; No. 1 faxseed, 91H; prime
timothy seed, 3.70@3.75; mesa pork per
bbl.,9 S7H@10 90; lard per 100 lbs, 5 As;
short ribs sides Qoose) 1O@5.15; dry
sailed shoulders, (boxed) 4%@5; short
clear sides (boxed), 5A@5A; whiskey,
| distillers' finished goods. per gallon,
%; sugars, out loaf, S SIX; granula.ed,
| 525A; standard a, 5.92A.
Cincinnati Produce market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Feb. 2I.-Flour
quiet and weak. Wheat quiet; No. Q
red, 73k. Receipts, 800; shipments, 500
Corn steady; No. Q mixed, 80 Oats firm.
No. mixed, 22@23. Rye quiet; No. Q,
AN. Lard firm; 5.22N. Bulk meats
steady; S 12x. Bacon good demand.
Whiskey. quiet; sales 500 barrels at /. 30.
Butter steady. Sugar firm. Eggs steady,
lilo. Cheese quiet.
Missed the Punctuation.
Even so slight mistake as the plac-
ing of a comma instead of dash
brought sharp disappointment to a
Eropchnau in Woobiprto, +l,o o1I,o.