Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-16


Opening. Highest Lowest Closing.
WHEAT--No. =.
Dec.......... 9IH 9SR 90 % az
Jan..... ....6E ooF 60 o.
May. ..SoHe VIA OWN 'Io
CORS-No. %. ,,
December ...25A Z3ps 66oS ~"7s
January .o5s6 20 25es 30.
May..........Zo7s 80 T
OATs-No. .. ~
December. ...2lH rs <iN 1dB
May.....-.....sE~A "%H -s
NESS PoRK-Per Dbl
December. S.,.. go, s.'.. @c'ee00
January .a42tS o.3Sb gu o'SSV
May. 8. 621s S.75c o.oz15 o''o
LARD-Per 100 lbs
December s.. g.: -; s4,3S
January....4.4o 4 on 4'fEh f'f.H
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs ~
pecemeer.s;.so ga; s. as1.6 s 4.s5
May 442I6 $50 4.A0 4.471
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
| easy. No yellow corn, 26 1-Sc. No. z
| spring wheat, SSGS9c.; No. spring wheat,
| S2d93c; No. red. 80 lac. No. 2 corn,
26 1-Sc. No. oats, = lie; no. z whife'
! 23d23 3-4c. No. 2 rye, 45 l-2c. NO. max
seed sl.15d$1.1S1-2. Prime timothy ~, seed
| s2.62 - Mess pork, per barrel S;5OdsGSS.
Lard. per 100 pounds MfS9Sf5SSs Haort dry yo
| sailed shoulders (boxed), A5gaA;I2; snort
| clear sides (boxed. A.4Sd$i.6o. w hlskey'
| distillers' finished goods, per gallon. S,lS.
| Sugar. cut-loaf $5.95dS5.32. Butter STEADY;
creamery, 15a22c; dairy, 12ql9c. Cheese
| quiet at SqS 1-2c. Eggs Steady; fresh' 1Vc'
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o., December 15.-F4our-
| Steady. 40.
Corn-Quiet; No. mixed nike d = % !Isa-o 0-4c'
Rye-Steady; No 2, 46 l-2c
| Lard-Firmer at A.30. o-
| Bulk Meats-Easy and higher at A.Sa
| Bacon-Easy at $3.50.
Whiskey-ActiVe at $l.l9.
| Butter-Easy. -,
Sugar-Firm and higher; hard refined,
| $410a$5.l0. ,c,,.
| Cheese-Steady
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL December ID +. e M
| Cotton-Spot in fair demand; prices nrm
| American middling fair, 1850 goou
| middling, 11-32d; American middllng
7-32d. low middlng, Isl; gT 1000 e olHss
| of the day were 1900 bales, OF which Luz
| were for speculation and export, and IN M
| cludes 800 American. Receipts, d'W
! bales including 5000 American.
Futures opened quiet, with a moderate
| demand, and closed barely steady; AMER
can middling, low middling clause, De1
cember, std; buyers; December ana ana
| January 8 9-64d., buyers, January anu
February, 3 9-64d. sellers; February ana
March, 9-64QS 1O-64d., sellers; March ana
April. 3 lO-6ld.. buyers: April and May s,y
3 i3-Sid.' sellers; June and July, l3-6iq
| 2 1I-64d.. buyers; July and August, If,otV
| 2 15-eid. buyers; August and september
3 l5-64q3 l6-6id, buyers; Septeinpoe nto 5sep
and November, 17-64q3 1S-64d., buyers.
INV YORK. December 15.-Cottop--
| oniet. middling, 7-Sc.; net receipts, 2,2Si
bales; gross. 1881 bales; exportsa.,.o Gre ~
baies: forwarded, 1888 bales; sales, lv'
bales ali spinners; stock. 81. ls2 bales az
Totals to-day: Net receipts a. ie pa, oaie -
exports-to Great cd Br,aaln |iI ock l2S Ol9
Da consolidated: Net receipts: 27i.2sS bales;
eynorts-to Great Britain, 62,Y4 bales ~
France. 1913 bales; to the Co"''he"''
O; T@taIs since September LIST; Net receipts
472S51s bales; exports-to Sr Sss a,es 10
| i'AE'65I bales; to France, 4zS'o4- paies' ~
The Continent, ,20S,Oo6 bales, ,,oodv.
Cotton futures opened quiet +, ah Eeh srTaTy
5l March &c s57si APriAl August gust ss5i sep
i 3uIt, $50; October, 800; DecemDef'
STU Fatures closed dull; sales; $500 snleS'
January, i''GS 50. Nav. Ss5; June, $50
$d i9' nsa August, S5.9S; September S''''
October, So; Decem id' 'ms IdSdili uplauds
f 2so middling Gulf. 6l-Sc.; SAFES ~
| bales. x..,,or 15-C,ot-
NEW ORLEANS, o,d Dec iiss bales: De.
cember nominal; January = iostsS. is
February s5s7as5ss March e55ss a. 'ot June
April, s5TqM4S; May FL Au gust s5.6ia
Ss 5, "a. SseSt;em nS,er s5ssas5.7i. -,
49, NAvAL-sroRE MARKETS s.. ,s-
WILMINGTON n. ca, DC. p
Tr,,de Turpentiie-saeadya az VII "a bor
Tar~steady at si.O6; receipts ia '"''
rels. ,oo.or,har IL
rnrnentine-Market firm at ~c' sa'es
hY Ruoss.in-Firm; sales, none: quotations un
SAVANNAH. GA, December 10 az
| snjrits OF Turpentine-fIrm a. :"
sales 400 casks; receipts. ~ casas' sales
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