Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07

of a &c drop here yesterday rather aston
| ished the shorts and was responsible 1or
| the early strength here. Corn was weak
/ early on improved crop prospects, but raj
| lied on covering closing at 1zc lower. oats
/ lost 1sH c. Provisions were weak on
| heavy receipts, declining 21zgl5lec, the lat
| ter in pork.
One-half Of yesterdays decline in wheat
! was recovered Immediately at the opening.
! September which closed the day before al
; 75lzc. was wanted at &c 10 IKE and ii
| touched Tic before the first batch of buy
| ing orders could all be executed. The SuG-
! den recovery was due TO the rather extra
! ordinary circumstance that, notwithstand-
| ing the previous days decline here, LiV-
| erpool advanced I'D before business COM
| menced here. The remarkable strength OF
! the Liverpool market was ascribed TO un-
favorable weather for harvest in England
| and the continental demand. foreigners. 1t
is said, being buyers Of wheat in Liver
| pool.
Cash quotations closed bid:
Wheat. No. spring. 7sG1sc; No. 3
! spring, 7Sa76c; No. 2 red. Size. ~
Corn No 2, 26&G27c; No. yellow, 2S&
Oats. No. 2. 1sl5@171kc; No. white. 2Oa
21sc; No. 8 white, 1I1sq2Ol2c.
Barley, No. s, 2sas5lkc: No. 4, 2slkc.
| F'laXseed. No. !. S9Q90c.
| Prime timothy seed, 81 70Q2 20.
| Mess pork, per Dbl 81 90d7 80.
Lard. per 100 lbs, 81 S0d4 32i9.
Short ribs sides Coose), 52sdi5c.
! Dry sailed shoulders (boxedl, sake.
| Short clear sides (boXed), 5G51sc.
Whisky. distillers' finished goods, 81 10.
Sugars, unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the
| butter market was steady; creameries, IL
| Q14l2c; diaries, 7N12c.
Cheese. firm at 6l2dS12c.
Eggs, firm: fresh. 9iac.
Receipts-Flour, 5000 bbls; wheat. 5000
| bu; corn, $4,000 blu; oats, $1,000 bu; rye,
In. hoVla 4 N
Shipments-Flour. 5000 bbls; wheat, 5000
| blu: corn, 727 600 bu: oats. 45l, 600 blu; rye,
1900 bu; barley. 900 bu-
NEW YORK, August 6-Flour receipts,
1850 bbls: exports, 10000 bbls; moderately
Wheat, receipts, 114.7OO bu; spot. firmsr;
| No, , red $3.50. Options opened strong
| and closed at 1Adl9sc net higher 80.
! Corn, receipts, 15S,S00 bu; exports, $500
| bu: sales. 10000 bu butures, $4,000 bu spot;
| spot weaker: No. 2. 33c afioat. Options
| opened firm and closed at @sG5sc net low
| er: August closed at 3lAc; September at
| 32c; December at 34c: ,o
oats, receipts. lis 500 bu; exports, $500
bu: spot firm; No. 2. 22dAc. Options
| closed at &c net lower; September at 2ll2c.
Hay. frmer.
| Hops, quiet.
Hides leather and cutmeats, steady.
Beef. firm.
Lard, quiet.
Pork and tallow, steady.
| Cottonseed oil, firm.
Petroleum, duh.
Rosin. quiet.
Turpentine. rice and molasses, strong
Freights, dull.
! closed steady net unchanged TO 10 points
decline. Sales, $4,000 bags.
Sugar. raw. firm; fair refining, SAc; CEN
trifugal &c test, sac; refined, firm.
BALTIMORE. Nd, August 6-Flour,
quiet and unchanged; receipts, 1O,6OO bbls;
QT0 hills
WI What A. quiet spot. S514a1Ac; September.
| S4lI1bc; steamer No red, S2Aq12c; re-
| ceipts, 100000 bu; exports, 12l 500 bu;
southern wheat by sample, SOaSSc; DO on
Corn Corn. weak; spot, S21461kc; September,
| Blake: steamer mixed. 29A@SOc; receipts
1S5,15O bu; exports, I,lOO 51; southern
oats. firm; No. 2 white, 27dl@c; receipts
''Y Rye e0 easier; No. western, 4s14a47c; re-
Hay. steady; choice timothy, sls 5OG14
Grain frieghts, quiet and unchanged.
Butter, steady and unchanged.
Eggs firm; fresh, lie.
Cheese, firm; fancy New York, SBa9c.
CINCINNATI, O., August 6.-Flour,
Wheat. firm; No. 2 red, &c.
Corn, firm; No. mixed, 2Sl9c.
oats, steady; No. 2 mixed new, lie.
Rye firm; Mo- 2, 3Sc.
Lard, quiet at 81 20.
Bulkmeats easy at 81 75G4 30.
Bacon in fair demand at 50 65q5 10.
Whiskey, quiet at 81 l9.
Butter, steady.
Sugar, firm.
Eggs, steady at &c.
Cheese, quiet.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. August 6.-But-
ter firm and in good den%nd; fancy wes-
tern creamery, 15l2c; do Pennsylvania ana
do western prints, 1lc.
Eggs, firm and active; fresh nearby lSc;
do western, 12l2q13c.
Cheese. frmer; New York full creams,
fancy, Sc; do fair 10 good, 1A4Ac.
TOLEDO, o., August 6.-Wheat, active
and higher; No. 2 cash and August, S17sc.
Corn. dull and steady; No. mixed, 1ll2c.
Rye. active; No. cash, 42l2c.
Cloverseed, dull and tirmer; prime Octo-
Der. 81 80.
oil unchanged