The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-27
CHICAGO, May rs.

Cash quotations were as follows:
No. piSu sp sasy ess; No. red psss Corn
No. 2, s3aa2t. Oats, No 2, 'l7A; No. 2
white f Q b ;o.a2aX; No, white Q 3
ls omina Ny Eye S0 s7Sas g. N Sarey So ~
Flax seed, No. /. 76Ha77k Prime Timothy
seed 81 SOa2 IS Mess pork per Dbl. $s:oOaS 05.
Lard per 100 lbs ShSet r1b sides
5a5A. Short clear 81 'es tbOxed) 4$a44
Whiskey, distillers' finished goods per gallon
$1.ly.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, May 2r.-Four dull; west
ern supertine $2.75a300; do. extra $3.25a4 90; do
family A.25(G4.65; winter wheat patents $4.70a
s .so; sprisgo oS a. asSSo spring wheat
Wheat dull and lower; spot and May $50
tx: July 72xa7; August 70 asked: Southern
" Corn e easy ss spot ssS@2sx; May 2a92ss:
June 2sx aZSx; July 2sAa29; ugust 2s9 a29h !;
September 30 bid; steamer mixed 274a27S;
Southern white s3a33k; do; yellow 80 asked;
Oats quiet but tirm; No. white 2sa2S1;
No mixed 25A a26.
eru 401 a4Ux.
Ray quiet and steady; No, choice Tim
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, May 26-FIour opened weak;
N15(d4.sO: Minnesota patents 81. l5a4 IS; Min
nesota bakers $3.45a3 Is; winter patents 81 65a
40; do. straights A.25a4 IS; do. winter ex
tras $3.50G315: winter low grades - eOa2 30
Rye -four dull; superfue &25as.60; fancy
Corn meal steady; yellow western So; city
6ca6l; Brandywine $l76al.SO
Barley quiet: western feeding 2Sf: malt
ing 35G4z; barley malt dull: western 43g54
Whe It. spot. active; No l northern New
York 80 f b afioat:- No. hard winter
New York, spot, go; No. northern Duluth
ak afioat; options. no. 2 red May 79AasOk
closed79k June closed -; Juy 7x(a,1o Il-le,
closed 754, August closed Septembe 7l%
Corn, spot weak; No. Z, 29S in elevator: 3Ok
afioat; options, May closed 29h; June =; July
29h a29x, closed 1919 August l9Ha3o, closed
Oats. spot, quiet, No. 2, q; No. 2 deliy-
cred :; options. May closed 2lH; July osed
Fay quiet; shipping so; good to choice ESQ
Hops quiet: State choice to common 1895
crop aa5 1895 crop 597. Pacific coast, 1885
Hides firm: Galveston, 9Oa25 lbs. a. Bue-
nos Ayres dry, 20a24 lbs, 18kal9: Texas
dry. 2la30 lbs, 10x; California. 2la25 lbs, Is.
light to heavy weights, 1920; acid, 19x02
Wool steady; domestic fleece, lsa23; pulled
,7as; beef hamsi SIS: packed 5000 600; city
extra India mess Sl3.5O914.O.
Cut meats steady, picked bellies 5k a5h !;
do. picked shoulders ea5k: do. hams 9a91
Lard weak; western steam $3 80, nominal !;
May 50 90, nominal: refined easier: continent
81 10: South American $4.65; compound 3Ha
Pork quiet; mess SS75a9OO; short clear
,a.5oaio 70; family SS.5CaiO 30
Butter firm; western creamery 1l0l5x:
do. factory 7Kal0K; Elgins l5h imitation
creamery yxal2: State dairy iOal4h; do crea-
Cheese cay; large State So; small fancy
9; part sk,n,. S97h; full skins zh@3.
Eggs dull; state and Pennsylvania IL;
Potatoes quiet; New York 65(GSl.25. sweets
$I.25asOO Southern So OOa3.5O.
Tallow quiet; city S2 per packagel 2%(G3;
Cotton seed oil quiet; prime crude 20;
prime crude b mills 160l7: off crude
-, prime summer yellow 23ha24; or
summer yellow 70; butter grades 70; prime
white 26ha27.
Petroleum dull: United closed -; refined
New York 1920; Philadelphia and Baltimore
$6.l5: do. in bulk $3.65.
Rosin quiet; strained. common TO good
Sl.12al75.
Turpentne quiet at 27(Q27h.
kIce STEADY; domestic, tar to extra 4aG
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle
| good to choice, .3a28.
| Pig iron quiet: southern s9.25alO.25; north
| ern $40 O0al200 exchange -.
Copper steady; brokers -: exchange $40 SO
all.Zo.
Tin firm, strdights Sl3 5UGl3.b0, plates
| steady.
SpeIter, steady; domestic 81 15a4.25
| Lead steady; exchange So 25a3.30 brokers -.
Tomatoes, per carrier, VI. Dual 70.
abbages, per crate, 90aSl, barrel cabbage
| 75aS0c.
| toffee- Options, May s.25 June 81 Is; July
| S72O spot, Rio, quiet; No; 7, invoice -: No.
| jobbing -: mild steady; Cordova uxal3A.
| Sugar, raw firm; fair refining IN;
centrifugal, 50 test, 81; refined firm; No. Z,
I4%: No. 7, 41.l6, No. 8, 3 1916 o. 0,
3 1915; No. 10, 81, No. II, 81, No. 12, 3k,
| No. ID, 3H No. IA, 35.16; Mould A. AZ,
standard A, AZ; confectioners' A, An, Gu
| loaf 81, crushed 5%, powdered An: granu-
lated AZ, cubes An.
NAVAL STORES.
WILMINGTON. N. c., Nav 26.-Spirits
turpentine firm at FAX; Is casks.
hOsln firm; strained $l.20 good strained
81 3d. receipts 1873 barrels.
Tar firm at $l.05, receipts so barrels.
Crude turpentine firm; hard yI.30; soft
$50: virgin $l.9O, receipts - barrels.
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