Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-25

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Il. 2Sl barrels; exports. 1852 barrels; sales,
{. 500 packages; market strong and higher,
with the advance in wheat; Minnesota
patents, $500 $40; winter patents, $L65V
s. 90: low grades S2.7Ju$2.95.
Rye Flour-Firm; sales. 500 barrels;
superfine, $2.3OQS2;D. -.
Cornmeal-Steady; sales, 500 barrels;
Brandywine, $3.50
Rye-Firm; No. western. 4oc.
Rarley-E'irmer; feeding, 2Sl2c.
Barley Malt-Dull and quiet western,
45u55c.
S9GS9 1-sc.; market strong on higher
Liverpool cables; eased off under rea-
lizing, and later developed strength and
excitement, on large export orders and
fears of sensational news from abroad
| before Mondays opening. The final prices
were 7-Sn2c higher; No. red, April,
closed 81 l-Sc.; May, bz1ZuoC54c'-cioseu
Corn-Spot frmer; No. 2, 2Olzc.; market
opened firm, and advanced later. with
wheat and rain West, closing AaS-Se., net 1et
higher; April closed at WAC; May, % 10y
30Ac.; closed at 30l4c.
6ats-Spot firmer: No. 2. 231zc.; market
stronger. but dull all day, closing &C,
net. higher. in sympathy with cash oats;
May closed at 3Ac.; July closed at
Hay-steady; shipping. @aeOc.; good to
Hops-Easy; State. common to choice,
ieather~Qulet; hemlock sole. Buenos
Ayres, light to heavy weights, 20q2lc.
Wool-Firm; domestic fleece, l6q2lc.
Beer Beef-Steady; family. ss25aslO; extra
mess, S.25GsS beef hams, sl9.5Oq25.
Cut Meats-Steady; picked bellies, S@
$50; picked shoulders, A.Ioas5; picked
hams. sgns9.5O.
sales. 60 tierces; refined firmer; Continent,
''P'oork-steady: mess sS.75ass5o; short
| clear. S9.75Q$l)75; family. @.75Q$lO.so.
Butter-Steady; western creamery, 1Sp
| 17c.: do. factory, Sale; Elgins, llc.; imi-
| tatlon creamery lOali12; State dairy, lS9
Ice. do. creamery, lSul7c.
| Cheese-Quiet: large, 9Gl2c.; small, so
l2.c,: part skins, 4aS4c.; full SKINS
Eggs-steady; State and Pennsylvania.
and western fresh, 93lQlOc.; southern,
TaIlow-Weak; city. 1-Sc.; country. SIC.
Petroeum-Dull; refined, New YORK.
Rosin-steady; strained, common to
| good, sl.65.
Turpentine-Flrm at 30c.
! Realistically; domestic, fair to extra,
| 4LG6 1-Sc.; Japan, 3-8uf 5-Sc.
Enthusiastically; New Orleans, open
kettle, good to choice. 23d3oc.
Freights-Dull; cotton. by steam, ll-2Sd. !;
| grain, by steam, 2Ad. ......
Plg-Iron-Slow; southern, Sl0aSn; north
ern s10.50qsl250
Copper-Easy; brokers, sll.25.
I.ead--In n somewhat weaker condition,
with business small. and buyers looking
for additional concessions. Leading
brokers quote the price 3l2c.
Coffee-Opened steady and loqlo points
higher. on better news from European
markets. Further advanced on local buy
ing. Receipts were below the average.
while warehouse deliveries were larger
than In several days; closed steady 10 y,
90 points higher: sales 1870 bags; spot
coffee-Rlo, steadier; No. invoice, /. o-sc.
| Sugar-Raw nominal; fair rennlhg'
i3-i6c.; centrifugal, s6-degree test, S4c.'
refined steady standard A, s-ec: CON
PETITIONERS A, 3-sc. cut loaf . l-ec.
crushed. 1-Sc: powdered, f.c.; granu-
| lated. 4ihc.; cubes 4Asc.
Cottonseed- Oil-Strongly held. prime
crude. 2Oc.: prime crude. {. o. b. mills;
lsGdTc.: prime summer yellow, &c; on
summer yellow. EXC: butter grades. z'g
2sc.. nominally; prime white, zvqAc,
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, April 24-Fiour-Quiet
steady, and unchanged receipts. 5yio BAR
rels: exports, l67 barrels; sales. boo parsels
Wheat-Unsettled and higher; spot, tne
month. and May, s3ifgS3s.c receipts; lrys
bushels; exports. none; stock. fao,asf bush'