The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-30

Liverpool, March 27.--I2:30 p. m.-Cotton.
American middling 8 31-32d: sales
5000; American $500; speculation and cX-
ports 300: receipts 1000; American 5000.
Futures opened quiet, demand moderate.
American middling, low middling clause:
March and April, April and May, May
and June. June and July, July and August
3 50-64d; November and December, Deem
Der and January 3 4i.6id. Futures quiet.
3 5S-64d, 3 s9-64d sellers; May and June
3 5S-64d, 3 59-64d value: June and July 3 81
e4d, 8 59-6fd buyers; July and August 3 s.
3 56-64d, 3 57-64d sellers: September and Oc-
tober 3 50-64d, 8 51-64d sellers: October and
November 3 45-64d, 3 46-6id buyers; Novem-
Der and January 3 43-64d, 3 44-G4d value.
New York, March 27.-Cotton quiet:
middling Z 6-l6c; net receipts none; gross
122; forwarded III; sales Isl, all spinners;
stock 239, 1865.
Total today: Net receipts 9,154; exports
to Great Britain $50; to France $500;
stock 1876, $50.
Total since September LIST: Net receipts
6,2o3, 39S; exports to Great Britain 2, 70l, 995:
to France 613, ass; to the continent 1,6s1, 051:
to the channel 5,4S1.
bales: March and April 6.95; May $50;
June 7.03; July 1.07: August 7.0S; Septem-
Der 6-S2; October 6.69; November ell; De-
cember 6. "A; January 6.77: February 6.Sl.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Steady at &c; net receipts
Norfolk-Steady at TIC; net receipts III.
Baltimore-Dull at Z 5-16c.
Boston-Steady at Z 5-l6c; net receipts
Enthusiastically ate; net receipts 81.
Philadelphia-Quiet at Z slice; net re-
savannah-Quiet at SIC; net receipts
702.
New Orleans-Quiet at 6 15-16c; net re-
ceipts BIG: gross 1927.
Mobile-Quiet at csc; net receipts PIG.
MemDhiS-Steady at 6Ac. net receiDtS
694; gross S24.
Augusta-Quiet at &c; net receipts 2sO.
Charleston-Firm at 6 15-l6c; net re-
ceipts 81.
Cincinnati-Quiet at TIC; net receipts
Louisville-Quiet at &c.
ST. Louis-Quiet at 6 15-16c; gross re-
ceipt $50.
Houston-Steady at &c: net receipts ,424.
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.
Chicago. March 27.-The leading futures
were as follows: Opening. highest. lowest
and closing:
Whea!-March 5lAan%c, 72hc. ns9
72Ac, 72Ac; July 1AQTSc, 71ac. 7Ihc,
1b471Ac; September $3.50. eshc. esbc.
Corn-March 2s4a2ssc, 2sBc, 23%a2sNc.
23Aa23ac; May 2417u24sc, 24hc. 24aQ24sc.
241au24asc; July 25ssc, 25h425Ac, 2J5sc.
25Nc; September 2s4c, 2s7sc. 2s4c. 2sAa
26Bc.
Oats-March 1sNc. 1ssc. 1910. 1sac: May
17bc. 17bgl7Ac. lie. A.-..sc; July lsc,
PorkSMay .s.ss. .s.s5. .s.55. $50; July
$50. $50, Ss.s5. $50.
$40. $40. $3.50, .4so.
Ribs-May $40. N.so. s57h. $3.50; July
s4-62h. A.s5. $3.50, s4-s2h.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
dull. steady. unchanged; No. 2 spring
wheat nAa7ac: No; 2 red ssaa.c: No. 2
Ss.55Is.60; lard A.37hG+50: short ribs S-5J
N4s0; dry salt shoulders A.70a5.0; short
clear sides 81 7544s7lz; whiskey sLI7.
New York, March 27.-F1our dull. steady.
unchanged.
wheat-Spot market dull. firm: ( o b
nominal; options were dull. advancing
sGAc, fell LMsc on realizing, closing
weak at unchanged prices to sc decline;
No. 2 red March SEc; May 7S7sc; July
Tic: September 74izc.
~Corn-Spots dull, firm: No 2 29a
elevator, 3G4G31hc afoat: steamer mixed
2sizc: options were dull and unchanged to
Lc higher. closing steady without fea-
lures: March 29Hc: May 30lsc: July 3lAc.
Oats-Spots dull and steady: options dull
and unchanged: May use: July 2sc:
mixed western maggie.
~Lard-Quiet: western steam 4.40: city
s4.20: May $40: refined dull: continent
$4-70; South American $is5; compound
444Ac.
Pork-Steady, unchanged
Eggs-Easy; state and Pennsylvania
10A a 10lzc: western fresh 10c; southern
Cotton Seed oil-Firm. steady.
Rice-Firm. fair demand unchanged.
Enthusiastically, unchanged
Peanuts-Firm. unchanged.
Coffee-Quiet, 5 points down to 5 points
up; April $s.l0G815: May $50: June $500
Qs-2; July $s-soas-35. September $.S.