The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-25

prices unchanged 90 points net ad-
vance; sales $3.50 bags, including March
Sc Is.
Sugar, raw and refined strong.
BALTlMoRE-Flour Inactive and
unchanged; receipts li,ieO naggels; eX-
ports 66.sl0 barrels Wheat strong; spo,
and moath 1914 fssasc; Mag a6r hid; re-
celp;s o. ,TSe bushels; exports 5i99l husa-
els, Corn firm: snot ana month e3isU
S3Ac; December, new or old, 1884, 33Nc,
receipts lseTil bushels; exports 2lg,S19
bushels. Oats steady; No, . white s9U
29hc; receipts 23,iS9 bushels; exports
none. Rye irmer; No. . nearby 52Ac;
No . western ba+c; receipts S,SSi bush
els; exports none. HAY steady, Butter
quiet and UNCHANGED. Eggs and cheese
STEADY and unchanged
Observation-Disclosures frmer and
sc higher; contract grade December
sSAIeSlac; January, February and
March nominal Corn tirm; No. mixed
December and January SS963ihc; Feb
ruary and March nominal Oats ilrm;
No. white December and January 29A
@29i.c; February and March nominal.
Butter unchanged; fancy western
creamery &c; do Pennsylvania prints
2io; do western do pc, Eggs firm and
in good demand; fresh nearby 93c.
Cheese steady. Refined sugars Arm.
CINCINNATI-Fluu quiet, Wheat
firm. No. . red gilsc Corn stronger;
No mixed ssc. Oats firm; No, mixed
2iisc, Rye steady No ., S6isc, Lard
quiet az 81 IS, Bulkmeats tlrm at 81 49,
Bacon quiet az s. Is, .Whiskey quiet at
81 10, Butter quiet, Sugar firm. Egss
steady at lie, Cheese steady,
ToEEDo-wheat higher aud weak;
No. cash and December 95Ac; May Csc.
Corn dun and steady; No mixed cash
and December esc. Oats dull and
steady; No mixed 99lsc, Rye dun and
higher; No, cash lIc. Cloverseed ac.
tive; prime cash and December 50 ia,
live storL.
CHICAGo-Prices in cattle showed no
particular change to-day. Choice
beeves were scarce and most of the
sales at a low range OF prices, the mar
Ret closing duh ana weak. Sales were
largely at 81 25G5 90, very common
dressed beef steers selling around 81 go
a 70, while q few fancy cattle brought
81 so. The stocker and feeder trade
was only moderate, with sales largely
at 50 50g4 10, the country demand be-
ing slow. Bulls sold actively, exporters
being in particularly good demand, and
fat COWS and helfers were active and
strong while canning stun was steady.
Calves were scarce and firm at 50 100
30 for the better grades There was
a slow local demand for hogs at fur
Their reduction of DC. The bulk OF the
sales was at 50 32h6S 49, Heavy pack
ing lots sold at So 2Oq3 30. and prime
medium weights at SO 42lkdS 41ls. The
supply OF sheep and lambs was easily
disposed OF at steady prices. Lambs
sold at 81 OOd4 20 for culls up TO 81 5Oq
3 Go for choice nocks, while yearlinEs
brought 81 5O05 90. A very few fancy
sheep brought 81 GOA rs, but pretty
much all the trading was done at 81 1j@
30. Heavy export sheep were dun at
81 OO94 25. Light weight sheep were
the best sellers. Receipts, cattle $500
head; hogs $4,000 head; sheep 5000 head
EAST BUFFALO-Catte, receipts
three cars of sale stock. The market Tu'-
ed with q moderate demand. Hogs, re-
ceipts, flity-three cars. Fairly active;
good to choice, 50 Go; roughs, common
to choice, 50 0OdS 20; pigs, common to
choice, 50 55d3 GO. Sheep and lambs, re-
celpts, fourteen cars: market fairly ac-
tive. Lambs. choice to extra, So 2jI6 40;
culls TO common 81 5OG5 60, Sheep,
choice to selected wethers 81 5Oqi 20;
culls to common 81 5OG5 10.
EAST LIBERTY - Cattle, steady;
prime 81 SOd4 90; common SO 25q3 60;
bulls, stays and cows, 81 OOd3 20, Hogs
active. best stocRers, pigs and mediums
50 6OT3 G5: heavy, IS j0G3 So; good
roughs 81 1898 10; common 81 2j@5 Co..
Sheep steady; choice 81 GOa4 70; COM
mon 81 OOaS Go: choice lambs 81 S0p
90: common to good lambs 81 5Oaj 40.
Veal calves IS 5Od7 90.