The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-29

| 461, ia bags, against go bags last year.
Sugar-Raw firm: fair refining. 3%c; CEN
| trlfuSal Cos test), 4sc.
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at St. Louis, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and other Places.
| ST. LOUIS, Feb. S.-Flour-Domestic
trade continues good. Export sales difficult
| to make, but one sale of 1000 sacks made;
prices h higher CHER Patents, STOOLS; extra
| 2.65. Wheat opened strong on firm cables
and stiff advance in Chicago and the
the session. futures closing 114qllsc higher
than yesterday; spot dull but firm; No. 2
red. cash ard elevator. nc bid; track. 73ls
May, S61zc; July, 651sc. Corn was quiet
though the prices were somewhat influenced
| by wheat. closing without change from yes
mixed cash, 27ssc; May, 27ssc; July. 2Sssc.
Oats-Futures strong and higher; spot
steady ;o, No. 2, cash, 1sG; February 1slsc;
39Q39isc track. Barley steady. Corn meal,
| $1.S5@1.4O Bran firm; buyers for sacked at
45c east track: Flaxseed quiet at s5c. Tim
prairie, $55Oas; timothy. s7als this side
Butter fairly active and steady; r creamery
Whisky steady at sl22 Cotton ties and bag
ging unchanged; Pork lower: standard mesa
err; prime steam, 5.lOc; choice, 5.l0c. Bacon
Boxed shoulders 5.s2lkc: longs, 5e21kc: ribs;
5;6212c; shoI ;. o.75c Dry-salt meats-Boxed
shorts. 5.3712c Receipts-Fiour. 1000 brls;
| wheat, 5000 bu; corn. $1,000 bu; oats 17.oD
blu. Shipments.Floir 1000 bris; wheat TO-
| 600 bu; corn, 1900 bu; oats, 5000 bu.
| BALTIMORE, Feb. 2S.-Flour dull and
| unchanged. Receipts, 1900 brls; shipments,
| $3.50 brls Wheat strong; spot and month,
c bid Nay g.c G 0rn snd monS
and March, 34hH34kc; May, 35Lc bid;
steamer mixed. s2s aasc. Receipts. 1898
bu shipments 54 6a Southern s,s whle
Ss22 bu. Rye steady; No. 2 Western, 459
fSc Kecepis Slp 1" may nr Sugar bnt
| ter eggs and cheese firm ard unchanged
TOLEDO. Feb 2s.--wheat firm: No 2,
cash and February. 75c; May. 75asc; July,
Sc ss' No. 0' mixed nike s as9sc Oats quiet and
| steady No. 2 mixed, 2O1ac; No. white,
&c; May. 22Ac. Rye dull. No. 2, cash, Ale
and February. s. 42s: Marsh s4a5. Receipts
Flour, 500 brls; wheat, 1900 Du corn, 1900
bu clover seed ee4 bags shp nrn 5dS Ia,
clover seed, 1,26O bags
| CINCINNATI. Feb. 2s.-F1our strong
Wheat active and steady; No. red. I41sc
Steady; No 2 mixed, S0lkc. oats barely
| steady; No. 2 mixed, 22lac. Rye steady; No
2. 42c. Lard steady at 5.7qS@, Bulk
4 meats barely Stccuy dl DdNOlL cosy
at .5.s7lkc; Whisky steady: sales: 4S7 brls
| at sL22. Butter quiet. Sugar firm. EGGS
| dull and easy at sc. Cheese steady.
PErR E no Feb re5 4se Nav gust july
7lsc. Corn-No. 2. 2siAc. Oats-No. white
Receipts-Wheat, 1000 bu; corn, 10000 bu;
BOSTON. Feb. 2S.-The Boston Commercial
/ Io,,l1a u-ill of the WOOL
/ market The drought in Australia, cutting on
| prospective supplies of wool, combined with
ioa e open pan as market for foreign goods, have
| together doomed foreign wool markets Iops
| Rave advanced this week &c in Bradford
| An advance of lie on wool is cabled from
Melbourne and an advance of &c is cabled
| from Montevideo At the London auctions
| next weelu a further advance is confidently
anticipated The American market is dull
| and depressed. The goods market is filled
with foreign cloths and more machinery Is
| to be shut down. There have been no nota-
BILE transactions in American WOOL and but
one sale of consequence ca line or Naipa-
| raise carpet wool at the old rate) in foreign
wool In the sales of the week are: 10000
| lbs domestic and 5000 foreign, against 1,0O6,-
| 600 lbs domestic and l2l,0o0 lbs foreign last
week. and l972,ooo lbs domsstc C., and sel I geo
sales to date show an increase of 2,I62 OLA los
| domestic and 4,SO7, 800 lbs foreign from the
| sales to the same date in 1895. The receipts
| to date show an increase OF az bales domes-
tic and $3.50 bales Foreign.
oils.
| OIL CITY. Feb. SOL opened at S.25;
highest $f.27; lowest. $1.25; closed at 81. 26l2
| Sales 1000 brls; clearances. 1900 brls; snip
| ments S7,272 brls; runs 1923 brls; credit
| balances, $3.50.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S-Petroeum quiet;
United closed at Sl2Sis bid. Rosin firm
| Spirits OF turpentne steady at 2sA@2ss4c-
| Rice steady. Molasses steady.
WILMINGTON. Feb. 28.-Rosin firm:
s.ro;pad o. qood Spirits of turpen-
tine Steady at 265EG27c. Tar steady at SOC.
| Turpentine nominal.
| mi.35. Spirits Of turpentine firm at 261sc.
SAVANNAH, Feb 2s.-Spirits Of turpen-
| tine firm at &c. Rosin firm.
Butter. Eggs and Cheese.
NEW. YORK, Feb. 2S.-Butter-Receipts
| 1882 packages. Market steady, Western
| creamery 1929; Elgins. pc. CheeseIRe-
| oeipts. 2,oS3 packages. Market steady. state,
easc: full skins, 205c EggsIReceipts. S,935
packages Market easier. State and Penn
sylvania. 11%a12c; Western. lie; Southern.
| 11@11Ac.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2S-On the Produce En-
| change, to-day. the butter market was
firm; dairy salSc S, ersamerE; sgi qZ aae
| fresh 9Iad10c.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.-Butter firm
and in good demand. Fancy Western cream
rey. pc Eggs dull Fresh Western. 12c.
Cheese quiet
Cotton.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28-Cotton easy.
Middling nc; low middling. 5-l6c; good or
binary &c. Net receipts, 3,23l baks; gross
receipts, 1926 bales; sales. 1880 bales; stock.
corrected, 313113 bales
MEMPHIS. Feb. 2S.-Cotton quiet; mid
ding 71kc. Receipts, $40 bales; shipments.
l,63i bales; Stock 109,4l4 bales; sales, 1N
bales.
NEW YORK Feb. 2S.-Cotton closed quiet.
Midd;ing upiands. l3-16c; middling gulf,
1-l6c. Sales. 55S bales.
Dry Goods.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-In the character
of the general demand from jobbers there
has been no change and a good trade was
I'm motion. OF agents the demand was more
uneven and for sesonable goods Largely
though for specialties on the part of cut
tiers up of coiored goods. The general mar
ket Is without change in values and the
coming week is looked forward to likely
to develop an increased demand on the
part of package purchasers. Printing
cloths dull and nominal at 2z.42 11-16c.
Metals.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-P.g iron weak:
Southern. sl1.75G12.25: Northern, sl2a1s.so.