Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-05

corn-FIrm; No. 3 mixed. &c:
00ats-steady; No. 2 mixed. 1c. .4+
" Isss Steady; No, 1. s16ssc. = Z ~
Bulk Meats-DulI at Nsoas4sa
Bacon-Easy at s5.5Jll$5.eO. ~ e1t ~
Whtskey-Steady at S1.19
lsi-2c.; Ohio. 12qiic.: dairy, Sc. nss
Sugar-Quiet.
Eggs-Steady at 1-2c.
Chesse-Steady.
THE COTTON MARKETS
LIVERPOOL; May A p. M,--Cotton-
spot quiet; prices lower; American, fair
1-s2d; good middling, il-s2d.; Ameri-
I ls-s2d.; good ordinary. 3 2s-52d.; ordinary.
2I-S2d.: sales. 500 bales OF which zoo
bales were for speculation and export,
and included 1920 bales American; re-
ceipts, 1900 bales, Including $500 bales
American.
Futures opened quiet. with a moderate
demand. and closed barely steady ut a
decline; American middling. low middling
and June. 1 7-sid.. sellers; June and July,
o-6id.. value; July and August, $40,
BUYERS; August and September. a-std.,
sellers; September and October, SN-s4zo
5i-6+qS 52-s4d. sellers: November ana
December. is-eid., buyers: December and
January, F-6+a3 1874. buyers; January
and February, E-s493 4s-6id.. buyers:
anu Hdrtn, fS-ttl., sellers.
NEW YORK. May 4-Co;ton-Futuras
opened steady; sales. $500 bales; January,
| $3.50: February. $685. March. 1851: May,
1874: June, N.56; July T.3s: August. N.3s;
September, 500; October. 1857: November,
1854: December, s6.S.
Spot cotton closed steady; middl.ng up-
lands, 5-sc.; middling Gulf. 7-sc.; sales.
1888 bales.
Cotton futures closed quiet: sales. ls3. 100
bales: January, 1851; February $3.50; May.
lpl
September, $685. October, $3.50, November
$6.S2: December. 1854
Cotton steady; mddling 5-Sc: net re-
ceipts. 319 bales; gross receipts 9I43 bales:
exports-to Great Britain. 1888 bales: to
the Continent. 306 bales; for warded. 1.N5
bales: sales. 1919 bales; spinners. 500 bales;
stock. 2o0.025 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. 1881 bales:
exports-to Great Britain. so,799 bales: TO
the Continent, q 4S3 bales; stock. 1885
bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. 2s4ss bales:
exports-to Great Britain. 1884 bales; to
France. S0l7 bales; to the Continent, 35,-
1876 bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net receipts.
6452.9l2 bales; exports-to Great Britain.
2s71.17s bales; to France. 66s,7lo bales: TO
the Continent. 1.9l0602 bales; TO the Cham
mel. 5.4Si bales.
NEW ORLEANS LA. May 4.-Cotton--
S.33HN.35; June, S.S0uS.S2 July, $3.50,
1874; October. s6.55Mss56; November,
s.57ls6.5s; December. s6eodS6sl; January,
s6.62as6.G5; February s6.eGds6.6s.
NAvAL-sTORE MARKETS.
WILMINGTON. n. G.. May l-spirits
Turpentine-Ffrm at 2sc.; receipts, 9;
casks.
Rosin-Steady: strained, sl25; good
strained. sl3O; receipts, 2s0 barrels
Tar-Frrm at s105; receipts, 81 barrels.
Crude Turpentinc-Steady hard. $40:
yellow dip, sl.70 virgin, $3.50; receipts, Is
barrels.
CHARLESTON. S. c.. May a-Turpcn-
| tine-Firm at % lie. sales. none. ~
Rosn-Firm; sales none; y. c. and ~.
sl.30; +. 1916; +, $40: G, si.s5: III. 81. 80:
/. $50: X, N6i; NJ. $40; n, AsO; VIM
dow-glass. 1875; water-whte. $40.
SAVANNAH. GA. May 4.-TNrpentine--
Opened at % 3-4c.. with sales OF l.3s3 casks.
and closed firm at d 5-sc.. with further
sales of 109 casks: receipts |. $50 casks.
Rosin-Dull for L and above and firm
for III and below: sales. S52 barrels; re-
ceipts. S,in barrels; quotations unchanged.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK, VA, May 4-Farmers'
market quiet and steady, with a ten
c-4c: strictly prime. l-.ft2 Csc; prime.
2d2 l-Sc. Spanish. Sic: low grades, ] l-2D
3-4c; hand-picked, fancy. 1-4d3 f-2c.:
extras 2 1-2i2 3-4c.: third grade. &C.; No.
1 Spanish, shelled. 3-ic.; No. Virginia,
l-2a2 3-4c.; No. Virginia. &c. l..
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET
PETERSBURG. VA. May 4-vir-
ginias steady. Prime, &C.; extra prime.
Lac; fancy, lie; Spanish firm at
n l-2c.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, May 4-Cotton-
Firm at Z 3-sa7izc. for good lots.