The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-20
CHICAGO, December 10.
Ouauing. Closing


| January Inconvenience. 225 22%
'' BARS rs. $50 .'''''''''' %" 20"
December Observation-Disclosures. lGA I6K
May ..t.....,..,..............- H0 wa
MES PORK, Per BD.
1 lam '.'''''''''''''''''''''$. "a 90
LARD, Per 100 Lbs.
January ..'.'...'..............S 62h 8
siHoRT RIBS. per 100 lbs IS va : -
January '...''',............'..$ - SIN
May. ............S4 UsA 70
lash quotations were rs follows:
Flour st ady. Wheat, No. 2 spring, 76ba77h;
No. spring "A; No. 2 red.s8%ae9. Corn, No. 2,
I'm a22A Oats, No 2 1919: No. z white i8Nu-i
I o b; No. white l71al9. Rye. No. 2, 81
Barley nominal: No. 2. t b 22G33; No. 4, ga
70. Flax seed, No. !, 734a75. Prime timothy
seed oo. Mess pork per Dbl, SOS la6;9o. ard.
per 100 lbs, S3.1Tb $50 Short rib sides 0ot.,s.
| 3d. 75a4 %; dry-salted shoulders (boxedl
N; short clear sides (hoxed' 4Gn4h. WhiskeS
| distillers' finished goods per gallon Sl.ls.
NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK Dec. l9-Flour dull city
mill patents S5l0a5.35: do. clears $4.95a5 o.;
Minnes ota patents $4.45af.G5; Minnesota ba-
kers Us 4Ua400 winter patents 4.90a5.lO: do.
straights $1,000 70: do. winter extras $500
1856; winter low grades $2.S5G3.S.
southern flour steady at S4.6U.
Rye -four dull supertne S2.S5a3.05: fancy
| So. 1Ua3.25.
Buckwheat flour dali at $lS0a1.4O
| Buckwheat dull at 30.
Corn meal quiet; yellow western 50: city
gu: Brandywlne ". I0n2.l5.
Rye nominal; No. western 44a46 car lots
| i0a42.
Barley dull; western feeding 2sa2SX; malt
| ing. jsa4b: barley matt nominal: western 30
Wheat, spot, dull but firm, No / North
ern New York S71s I. o. b. atioat: No. hard
w {. 0. b. aiioat; options, No.. 9 red January
| s6s as68. closed $685. March SsaSsA, closed
| S3s.; May S5k ASH, closed S5A; July closed
-: December S6haS6T, closed S6X.
Corn, spot, steady; No. 2, zS4 in elevator
| gen atioat; rejected "a: No. Q, 25k; options
January closed 2os; May 3l7s, closed 3i%: De
Oats, spot dull; No. 2, 20; No. delivered
| %; No. 3, 20; No. white rs; No. white
| I'm; track mixed western 2la3l, track white
airy closed IN; May closed 2iA; December
closed 2l4.
Eeei dull.
Hay dull; shipping 55CGeo good to choice
70a.5.
Hops dull: common to choice 1895 crop aa
~, 1870 crop Sal3, Pacific coast, 1895 crop 3a
~, 1896 crop, gai3.
Hides dull Galveston. 2oa25 lbs, l2al3, Buenos
Ayres dry, 2Oa4 lbs nominal; Texas dry, 2Ia
80 lbs, a4: California. 2lH25 lbs l54.
Leather steady: Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
light to heavy weights, 1874 a2U4; acid, 2UQZo.
Wool quiet; domestic fleece, l5a20; pulled
i5al8
Coal steady.
Beef firm; family 81 50asll: extra mess
S25aS.0U; beef hams SIS: packed SSas9 10; city
extra India mess Sl2 50aii.50,
Cut meats quiet; picked bellies 4&ala; do
picked shoulders 4a4s do. hams sANSA.
Lard ste ady; western steamed 81. Is, city -;
December site. nominal; refined firm; con-
Az.
FORK firm: old mess ss2Sas rs: short clear
s.. 75ai0.50; family $I000GlU.50.
Butter steady; western creamery 1922;
do. factory 7ai2; Elgins ~; imitation cream
I4a2l.
Cheese quiet, large State 7HaiOk: small
fancy 7x410&; part skins 3h07; full skins
2x@3.
Eggs steady; State and Pennsylvania Ella
rallow steady: city (s2 per PACKAGE 3s0
~. country packages free) 3Aa3%, as 10
quality.
refined New York $sa25; Philadelphia and
Baltimore So 20; do in bulk $3.T0.
kosin quiet; strained, common TO good
$3.50.
Turpentine quiet 27G27K.
Rice steady domestic, fair to extra $40
Ga. Japan Az @4A.
tie, good to choice, 26a34 for new crop.
Pig iron quiet; southern $llal2.25; northern
Sll .Wal300 exchange -.
Copper quiet; lake brokers' $ll.25; exchange
$ll .2Uai1.50
Lead strong; domestic brokers s2:75; ex-
change $3a3.05.
Tin steady; straights sl2 so; plates dull.
Spelter dull; domestic x4.l5a4.25.
Coffee Options, December -; January
40; March $40, May s9.40a9 As, September
. 4Ua9.A5 Spot, Rio dull; No. Z, invoice 10
jobbing ION: mild quiet; Cordova l5AGT.
Sugar, raw quiet fair refining 2A; CEN
trlfugal, So test, 81; refined quiet; No. 9,
, 1916; No. Z, 3k, No. 8, 3 ll-16; No. 8, 81,
No. 10, GID, No. IL, 34, No. IL, 8 T-l6, No. ID
81; No. IA, 20, Mould A, AZ, standard A, Az !:
eonfectioners' A, AZ, cut loaf 5, crushed 5,
powdered 4S, granulated Az, cubes ~.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Dec. l9.-Flour dull; west
ern super $2.S5(I3.30; do. extra $350da4 I6:
do. family $450dg4.S5: winter wheat patents
s5.00a5.2J; spring do. s4.75G5 90; spring wheat
straights $f,b0Qp4.70
Wheat tirmer; spot 90a bid: May S74 aS71;
pie sSag2; do. on grade 874a9l4.
Corn frmer: spot 2Tka274, year 27a2T4,
January 27Aa2T4; February 27Sa27S; March
2Sa284; steamer mixed 25A a25%; Southern
white corn 26az74 do. yellow 26ha27.
Oats steady: No. white western 25a26; No.
2 mixed 224@23.
Rye steady; No. 2, nearby, A042; western
43a43a,
Hay quiet and steady; choice Timothy $3.50
Epi400
NAVAL STORES
CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. 19.-Rosin firm
at Sl.40.
Turpentine firm at 24x.
WILMINGTON. N. O., December l9.-Rosin
firm; strained Sl.45 good $3.50: spirits duh
at IA a244
Tar firm at $l.l0.
Tnrpentine quiet hard si.4o; soft $3.50;
savANNAn. Ca. Dec. ls.-spirits firm at