The news & observer., 1897-05-06

Lard. per 100 lbs "a o. Short rib sides doose)
'4.5OG4 Is D. salte shoulders (boxedl 54a
Aey, distiliers nnished goods per gallon sl.ls.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. May 5-FIour frmer and more
active, especially on spring patents city mills
patents $o.05G!.25; do. clear $4S5td4. .95; Min
S3.5Oa3 70 winter patents $4.6Oa4.s5; do.
straighta "a. .2Oas s5 do. winter extras $3.25v
$40; winter low grades e 60a2.75
:. Rye sY cour quiet; superfine 6Sos2.es; fancy
Corn meal st; !; yellow western 81; city 50:
Rye steady; No. Q western 35x; car lots;
ing S01z; barley malt dull: western 45Gh5
Wheat. sDot, firmer; No. red sly; No.
N, rthern 79x; No. hard winter + 9 b -.
TX, June 7sh@76x, closed 7ex; July 1880
Corn, spot trmer; No 2; s3a in elevator;
seX, closed s9K: July sOt SOA, closed I5OH.
.sts spot; weak No sS,ts No No aeix Shite
-: track mixed western -; arack white =;
options May 21ha21, closed 2Ih June 2l1s
Feed steady: brrn 5T1eas0; midd ings 65a7O.
Hay quie .er: shipping 550oO good to choice
70a75.
ScsASst
crop aao: 1895 crop, 6a1lh.
Hides steady: Galveston, 2Oa25 lbs, IA: Bue-
nos Ayres dry, 2a24 los: l81als; Texas
15xa16.
light to heavy weights. 2Oa2l; acid. 20G23.
Wool steady; domestic fleece. l6a2l: pulled
Beef steady: family saOnalO 30: extra mess
s7,OOas 10: neef hams s2l 0O@2l.5O: packed $50
8: city extra India mess sl3. 3.5Odl4.0O.
Cutn meats easy; picked bellies 5a5S;
do. pIckled shoulders 5: do. hams sa9h.
Lard dull; western steamed "a 30: May $40,
nominal; refined easier: continent Si55:
south American S. 90; compound HOAX
Pork steady: mess s8. 7ba9.5O: short clear
$3.50 80; family So. .50slO 50.
do. factory sXa12; Elgins II; imitation
creamery lOal4h; State dairy lialo; do' cream
Cheese quiet: large State sx@loX; small
fancy 1Oh0un; part skims 4qeh; full skins
Eggs dull: State and Pennsylvania Na
l01; western fresh Solo: southern Sh09.
Tallow quie:; city $2 per package) 81;
country tpackages frees 81, as to quality,
t.more $500: do. in BULK $3.7O.
Rosin quiet; strained, common to good
$1.e5.
Rice steady: domestic, fair to extra 4s0
Moiasses quiet: New Orleans, open kettle
Peanuts slow: fancy Eand-plcked ~ a3&;
other domestic 24a3.
Freights to Liverpool dull; cotton by
steam ll-32; grain by steam 2kd.
Pig iron Gull, southern Sl0UOa11.OO: north.
ern SO 50al2.5O; exchange
Copper easy; brokers' sll.12k: exchange
Tin easy, straights s13 l5@l325, plates easy.
Spelter, steady; domestic "a. 10a4.20.
Lead frmer, metal exchange quoting $3.25Q0
$50, brokers price $3l2x, Demand shows
some improvement.
Cotton seed oil quiet; prime crude
20a2Oh; prime crude o mills 170l8;
off crude -, prime summer yellow 24a
2tk; of summer yellow "a butter grades 27a
9, nominal: prime white 26a27.
NO. Z, invoice s: No jobbing sh; mild
steady: Cordova 12dl3A.
trifugal, 96-test, 3 bl6; refined firm; No. 9,
l16: No. Z, 4. No. 8, 81: o. 8, 81; No.
10, 81, No. IL, 3k, No. IL, 3H. No. l3. 8 s 16;
No. a4, 81; Mould A, Az, standard A, Az;
cOnfectioners' A, an, cut loaf 5x, crushed
81, powdered ~ granuiated AZ, cubes Az.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, May 4.-Four frm; western
supertine $2.75Q3.OO; do. extra $3.25a4 90; do.
family A25(G}4.65; winter wheat patents 81 7Oa
40; spring do. A.2594.50; spring wheat
straights "a 0004.20.
Wheat dull and lower; spot, and May 78K
(1764: Southern wheat by sample -; July