Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-07


opened lower. and advanced. but broke
! badly on very liberal seeding and estl-
mates. and closed l-Sc. lower. Most OF the
| statistical news favored lower prices corn
! and oats were unchanged at the close,
| while provisions showed small advances.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. higness. Lowest. Closing.
WHEAT-No.2.
Dec.....-. .94AaM 90 94A go
Jan...........SJ bHI1 oS o.
May. .sgAa3s SsA $50 1873
CORN-No.2 ..
December .245Sa25 2aA 245a 25M
/ May........ YS9sa15 2Sss 2SAas @e72
! OATs-No. -.
| DecemOer. - 9saN 2OARH 2O'saA 2Ua4
/ Mag .. ....'ZH S%hB |lts -
December. s7.9O $40 $3.50 s7.394
May ..'.'.. s IS SG2}s s.52l6 $50
LARD-Per 100 lbs
| Deem oer..S ...... So. "a. llSe
] January. 80 432ls +.3O 3'5O
May....... 4.47% 500 4do f'4'1s
SHoET RIBs--pcr 100 lbs
| DecemDer..sl.2j $40 s4.22% ei'223
January. 4.25 4.27lb 4.2"% 40
May -. 4.37H 4.S7n 40 4.S7Is
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
easy. No. yellow corn. p 3-fa2o &c. NO.
spring wheat, &Q@c; No. spIinB
go No. . corn. % 1-2c. No oats,
no. white +. o. b.. p S-iG23 1-2c. No. ?
rye 46q46 3-4c. No. barley. f.. o. b., ~
42c Prime timothy seed, S2.G5. Mess pork.
per barrel, S.35Q$7.40. Lard. per 100 pounds.
$3.50 Short rib sides Qoosel, AD4S4.9y'
dry-salted shoulders (boxedl, 4l5Q0;
short clear sides boxed, A.459A.o5. SUI
gar cut-loaf unchanged. Butter ,nl nm
creamery. 1Jd2Oc.; dairy. 12d1sc. Cheese
quiet at SqS 1-2c. Eggs firm; fresh, z0c'
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI. O., December 6.-Flour-
Dull: fancy. $420Q$440: family. S.5Va%.I5.
Wheat-Easier No. red. ~ l-zc
Corn-Active; No. 2 mixed. 27Q2l l-2c.
Oats-Strong; No. mixed, . l-2qz4c'
Rye-Steady; No. 2, ltc.
Lard-Steady at SAY IL.
Bulk Meats-Dull at {i.25.
BacOn-Ouiet at $3.50
Whiskey--Steady at $l.l9.
Butter-FiTm. ..o,~..o-
Sugar-Ouiet; hard refined. &03Q$iS.
Fggs-Firm and higher at l7c.
Cheese-Steady; good TO prime Ohio nat,
80 THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. December e. p. NJ
Cotton-Spot in fair demand; prices I'M
changed: American middling, 3l-id. The
sales Of the day were 1900 bales, OF which
]. 800 bales were for speculation and eX-
port. and included 1l.20O bales American;
receipts. As, 900 bales, including Sl'4O bales
Futures opened and closed quiet; Ameri-
can middling lOw-middling clause, De-
cember. 3 10-6iQ3 1l-64d., sellers; December
and January. 9-6iG3 l0-Gid., buyers; jan
nary and February. 3 9-6in3 lO-bid., sen
ers: February and March. 3 9-64li3 l0-t4d.,
buyers: March and April, lO-tAd.. buyers
April and May. ltd. buyers; May and
June l2-6iG8 19-6id., sellers; June ana
July. 3 l8-64as 14-Gid.. buyers; July and
. 4 hlINpTg.
and September, 15-6iq3 16-Gtd.. sellers;
September and October, l6-5iQ3 li-6id.,
sellers: October and November, li-tia
1s-54d.. sellers.
NEW YORK. December 6-Cotton-
Quiet: midding, Use; net receipts none;
gross receiptsS 2e04 bales exports-to
Great Britain. go bales; 10 France, 90
bales: to the Continent. Ass bales; toI-
warded. 1.2J7 bales; sales, 100 bales; actual
81. 1873 bales. ,o,,
exports-to Great Britain, n,14 bales; 10
France. 1868 bales: 10 the Continent, a.
275 bales: stock. 1,il9,@i bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, l9,S9 bales
exports-to Great Britain. SODA bales; 10
France. 166sS bales; to the Continent 5S'-
Totals since September LIST; Net re-
CENTS 42e9.3i4 bales; expOrts-to Great
Britain. l,3G6669 bales; to France, SSZ'oIz
baIes. 10 the Continent. 1,083,961 bales
Cotton futures opened steady at the de-
cline; sales. 1900 bales; January. S2.6S
February. ssh: March. S.72; April, So.sZ
NAV, $5.SS: June. 1852; July. S5S; Ausust
s6Oi September, $6O2; October, %'V9; DC
cember $50.
Futures closed barely steady; sales, So
900 bales: December. S.65; January ~,
February. S7i March, $57S; April, So.5i;
May. $50; June, So; July, &:%; august a.
scot closed quiet; middling upiands
7-Sc.. middling Gulf, 1-Sc.; sales, lW
bales.
NEW ORLEANS, December 6.-Cotton
f,itures steady; sales. 5000 bales; Decem-
Der, S5.27 bid; January, >S:SfLss:S9 fSDr rt
ary. S539d$5.H; March, s.. 45QS545; April
e. S60S.5l: May. $3.50 $3.50 June. So.oyg
S,6I: July. $5.65Q$5.67; August, $5.1o4S5.'2;
September, $5.76a$5.77.
NAVAL-STORE MARKETS.
WILMINGTON, n. c., December s.
SHIRTS Turpentine-F1rm at y l-2Q5Vc.'
'e RosjnENothing doing; receipts, 222 bar
Crude Turpentine-Quiet at S1.4oa$.sO;
Tar-Firm at sl.O5; receipts. 231 barrels.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. December g.
T,irpentine-Firm at Soc; sales, none.
Rosin-Firm; sales, none; quotations I'M
changed
SAVANNAH. GA, December 6.-Spirits
of Northumberland firm at 30 l-zc.,
with sales OF AIS casks, and closed firm az
20 3-Sc bid; no sales.
Rosin-Firm; sales. 500 barrels; receipts,
40ss barrels; A, y, c. and d. N.l5; and
+. 10; q, N.25; II. Slab; |, $50; X, Sl.69;
NJ SIS; n, s2.2o; window-glass, $3.50;
water-white S.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK, VA, December .6-(Spe-
cialA -Peanuts-Farmers market steady;
fancy. 9 l-2c. for new. 3-4c. for ola
f.flx la
95S2 i-4c.: Spanish. 50052 &c. Very few,
fancy new nuts offering; common, 10
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, December c.
Virginia peanuts very quiet; prime &C., :
extra prime. 1-ic.; fancy. 2i-2c.; Spanish
steady at 50c.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET
PETERSBURG. VA. December g.
Cotton-Steady at 57-leg5 1-2c. for gooa
lots.