The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01

MusCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Bacon-The market is steady smok-
ed clear sides 6l4c dry sailed clear rib
sides 6i4c; bellies, CSC; sugar-cured hams,
104G11l2c.
Lard-NIarket steady; pure, in tierces
5isc: 60-pound tins, sac; compound in
tierces, 45c; 50-pound tins. 434c.
Entertained lower, fair demand Go
shen. 131aTl5c gilt edge, 18a2Oc; creamery,
9Oi9G22c; fancy Elgin, 22a24c.
Cheese-Market firm, fancy full cream
cheese 13l6c 20-pound average l1l20l3c.
Fish-Mackerel, half-b barrel. No. /, $3.50;
No 2, $3.50: No. 3, $500; kits, No. !, $1.25;
No. >. 500; No. g. Soc. Goldfish. l-pound
bricks. 6lac: 2-pound bricks, sc. Smoked
herring, per box, zoe; Dutch herring. in
kegs. 81 60; new mullet, half barrels, $500.
Salt-Demand is fair. and the market
steady. carload lots, f. 0. b., Liverpool,
compound sacks, 4Sc; Virginia 125-pound
burlap sacks. &c; ditto l25-pound cotton,
4sc; bright 6Oa65c; fine fancy, 65Q60c
Coffee-Steady; Mocha, Z712c Java 2612c;
Peaberry. 17lkc; Standard No. /, l6c; No.
2. 15c; No. 3, 14c; No. 4, 1Sc; No. ., PIC;
No g. 11l2c; No T. 10l2c.
Sugar-Equaiity Prices-Savannah QUO
tatods: Cut loaf, $500; crushed 5.43c;
powdered, 493c; xxx powdered, 5.05c;
standard graduated. 46Sc; cubes, 493c:
mold A. 1890; diamond A. 46Sc; confec-
c, 424c, golden c, 393c; yellows, 36Sc. Tone
steady.
Flour-Firm; patents, $40; straights,
$515; fancy, $500; family, $40
Corn-Market is firm and advancing;
white corn, job lots, soc; carload lots, 4sc
mixed corn, job lots, 49c. carload, 4.c
cracked corn job lots, Soc sack.
Oats-Carload lots 30c; job lots, &c
Bran-Job lots, size; carload lots, S2l5c
Hay-MaTket steady; western, job lots,
size; carload lots, S2i9c.
Meal-Pear per barrel, So 10; per sack,
95c; city meal, per sack, SOC. pearl grits
per barrel. $3.50: per sack $l.05 city grits,
none.
Lemons-Market quiet; new crop Mes
sina, per box, S25002.75.
nges-Messina oranges, $2.50a2.75.
Apples 81 $4,000 barrel
Dried Fruit-Apples, evaporated Sl2d
1Oc; common, 7QSc.
Raisins-L. l., Sl75; i2-box, $40; loose,
60-pound boxes, &c pound.
Oils-Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal 45d50c; West Virginia, black, 9d12c;
lard. 5Sm65c; neatsfoot 60GS5c; machinery,
20d30c; linseed, raw, 35c; boiled, &c: kero-
sene Georgia test, Zoe; water white, lie;
fire proof 12c; guardian, lie; deodorized
stove gasolcne, l3c.
Lime. Calcined Plaster and Cement-Ala-
bama and Georgia lime in fair demand and
selling az S5c per barrel bulk and carload
lot special; calcined plaster $3.50 per bar
rel; hair, 4G5c; Rosedale cement, $1,000. 40;
carload lots special; Portland cement, re7
tail, S240; carload lots, $40.
Cabbage-Barrels and barrel crates, s. 90
d225
Nuts-Almonds, Taragona, Ice; Ivicas.
14c; walnuts, French. lie; Naples, 12l5c
pecans, Zoe; Brazils, &c; filberts, l0c; as
sorted nuts, D-pound and 25-pound boxes,
9i5G1Oc; cocoanuts, $S.75 per 100.
market steady; fancy hand-picked Vir-
GINA. per pound. 4ac; hand-picked per
pound 4c; small hand-picked, per pound,
4c.
Onions-Crates. 500; barrels, $5.75.
Potatoes-Irish. SLIGO barrel; sacks, 81. IS.
Shot-Firm; drop to b. SIPS; TO
larger $1.50; bulk, Sl.50
Tron-Market very steady; Swede, 412G
&c; refined, S1.60 base.
Nails-Cut, $1.7O base; wire. $l95 base.
Advance national list of extras, adopted
Dec. !, 1896.
Gun Powder-Per keg, $500; half key.
S2.25; quarter keg, S1.2O. Champion duck
ing. quarter keg, S2,25. Austin, Dupont
and Hazard, smokeless, half kegs, SS.45;
quarter kegs, $3.50; S-pound canister, $40;
l-pound canister, 75c. Less 20 to 10 per
cent. off
Lumber-Demand. both foreign and do
nestle. is firm; ordinary sizes. Sl100d
l2.O0, dltnCult sizes, Sl3.OJdl6.OO, nOorlng,
boards. $15.0Od22.O0: ship stuff, $16.50a20.00i
sawn ties $1,000.
Poultry-Steady; fair demand; spring
chickens, 25c per pair; half-grown to
three-quarters grown. SOC to 35c pair; full
grown fowls. soc per pair.
Eggs-Market, full supply; candled, pei
dozen, 110l2c; country, &c less.
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at 22c selling at 23d25c
sugar house at 1SQS2c; Cuba straight
goods 2Sa3Oc; sugar house mo.asses, 15Q
2c.
Tobacco-Market quiet and steady
smoking domestic, 22d6O; chewing. com.
mon, sound. 2+G27c; fair, 2SQ35c; good, SEC
Hides Woods. -Hides-The market
firm: dry flint 12c; dry salt. 10c; greer
sailed. &c. Wool-Nominal; prime Geor-
gia. free of sand burs and black wool, lac
blacks, lie; bury, sac. Wax, 22c. Tailow
&c. Deer skins, l5c
Bagging and Ties-The market is quiet
jute bagging, 2h-pound, 6iac; 2-pound, &c
! 1%-pound. SIC; quotations are for jot
lots; small lots higher; sea island bagging
79i0Sc: standard Arrow ties. steel. Al
pounds, large .ots, 75c; small lots, 9Oc.
Dry Goods-The market is steady; de,
mand brisk prints 4d5c; Georgia brown
shirtings. 4Ac; 3, fsc; "A brown sheet
| ings 5i5c white osnahurgs, 7G7iac; checks
| 4Q5c; brown drilling, 5d6iac.