The news & observer., 1897-01-28
Cash quotations were as follows,

1dSu were as tOIlOWSs
Flour weak. Wheat, No. 2 spring. 73k@
75R; NO. 3spring 72tal13; No. 2 red s5%as6&
Corn, No. 2, n ha22. Oats, No. 2, 15A; No 2
white l9a2lk b; No 3 white 17a19 o b.
o b 25a34; No. 4 25a26 Flax seed, No IA
aI6& Prime Timothy seed $2.7U. Mess pork
per boi, SL8Oa165. Lard, per 100 lbs, S. 80
38lh Short rib sides loose) So 871a4 12K:
dry -salted shoulders fboxedl 4ha44; short
clear sides (boxed) 4s04k Whiskey distil-
lers' nnished goods per gallon 81 II.
NEW YORh.
NEW York. Jan. 27.- Flour weak and lower
5.35; winter patents 81 75a4 80: do clears 50 "a
a5.O5; do. straghts S4.t0G455: Minnesota pats
ents A40ai6O; do. wlnt extras S3.2563.75;
MInaessJa q, CO. pagers ~ tOa3 20; winter low
rye aour quief superane S2.65a2 So fancy
S2.SOa3.O5.
Buekwheat flour dun at S1.l5.
Buckwheat dun at 3tN035.
Corn meal dun: yellow western 81 'v
so; Brandywine $2.05.
Rye easy: NO. western 40 O b adutt
Barley dull; western feeding 2sKaesa
mailing 3Sa45: barley malt dun; we tern
Wheat spot, weak, No North
ern New ! orS 6iB +. o. b. aitOat; No ! nard
9t& f. Q: b atoat; options, No red January
closed 20 &aS6 10 March closed 8I#: "ay SjB
aS58; June S3b; July SJAaS2b, closed 82k
Corn, spot, easy, Zo4 in elevator; 29A atiOat:
steamer mixed z a2l NO 3, 25& options,
{ a.,
July n@ a3J%, closed D&; September 324 a32 e ,
closed 32A.
Oats, spot, weak; No.2 20: No. 3, 222s; No. 2
delivered 22A; No. white "a; No 3 Vbite 22:
track mixed western 20a29; options january
closed .z' February closed -, May closed ~ =
July 22B, closed 22B.
67ha12&.
Hops, firm: common 10 choice 1895 crop 3al
| *, 1896 crop @al3, Pacific coast, 1895 crop 64
Hides firm; Galveston, 20a25 lbs, 12al3;
Buenos Ayres dry, 2Ja24 lbs, nominal; Texas
dry, 4aN lbs, 9A; California. 2ia25 lbs, l5&.
Leather firm; Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
l1ght TO heavy weights, l9@ a@O58; acid, 2UGs23.
Wool steady; domestic fleece, 15a2O pulled
l5alS.
Coal firm.
Beef steady; family SS50aSl0: extra mess
81 30; beet hams $l7.50al8;packed $8aS950 cit y
extra India mess Sl2 50al4.50.
cut meats firm; picked bellies 44etA 4
do, picked shoulders 4ha4A; do. hams 81 a9.
Lara easy; western steam M.22%; city
-; January a %, nominal; refined lower; con-
tinent S4.60; South American S4.75; compound
4a4b
Pork dull; old mess Ss.50da9OO; short clear
So. 75al0..00: family $950Q10.00.
do factory 7ai4; Elgins 20: imitation cream
cry Gal6: State dairy l0al5& do, creamery
13a19.
Cheese steady: large State a0lIK; small
fancy SQllA; part skins 5(G9; full skins
903X.
hggs firm; State and Pennsylvania l5k;
western fresh l2al5k.
TaIlow weal; city (S2 per paokage) 34,
country packages freel 81, as to quality.
cotton seed oil easy, prime crude ~;
o b mills TN; of crude I8Aal9, prime
summer yellow -, off summer yellow 70, but
ter grades 26a264, prime white 26A ar.
Petroleum dull, United closed at s. bid,
refined New York $500; Philadelphia and
Baltimore SIS 95; do. in bulk 1856.
kosin steady; strained, common to good
| ST. 70al. TN.
Turpentine firm at 27K@2s.
AcAnr "A ed -
6S, Japan a. GA.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle
| good to choice, z-a2 for new crop.
Pig iron quiet; southern $ll0Oal2.0Q; north
Copper, steady; brokers IL: exchange sl2
Tin, easier; straights $l3.65aI3.70; plates
easy.
spelter, easy; domestic 50 85a40
Lead, firm, brokers $3.50; exchange S3 05a
307h
May $g.35a9 45, July So A. September 81. 40a9.50,
October $3.50, december So Spot, Rio dull.
No. Z, Invoice %; jobbing 1913, mild quiet;
Cordova l54(dG; sales 300 bags.
Sugar. raw, dull; Tair refining 1916: cen
trifugal, 96-test, 3-l6; refined steady; No. 8.
8 5-l8; No. Z, 3A, No. s, Ills: No. ., Ills,
No 10, 81, No. II, 9-l6, No. IL, By, No. l3,
3 z l6;No. IA, 81, Mould a, Al, standard A,4b
oonfectioners' A, A., cut loaf AZ, crushed
~, powdered AZ, granuIaJed ~, cubes N.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.-Four dull; west
ern super $2.75(G3.20; do extra $340d4.05;
do. family $4.40(d4.75: winter wheat patents
$490a5.l5; spring do. $4.60l14 So; spring wheat
straights $.40GD4.60
Wheat dull and easy; spot 90K bid: May
S7aS74: southern wheat by sample 9la92; do.
on grade S6a9l
Corn steady: spot and January 25Ha25S;
February Z6Aa25%: March Z64 a26h; April
| 2Ta274, steamer mixed 23Aa23%; Southern
| white corn 22a27: do. yellow 2l6a26k
Oats quiet and steady; No. white western
24a24&: No. mixed 2la22.
Rye steady; No. z, nearby, 42Aa43; western
43k.
Hay steady, choice Timothy $l3.50614.00.