The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-01

Cash quotations were as follows.
Flour firm, W heat NO. spring. TgHae0l <.
no. 2. ~ a33 oats, 80 y l6al: No wt3fe
lal4aIH % b, $50. , white lIk. RIVE no e.
3,% tiaTiey nominal; MOI. @ D. 23If.u: no. A.
I5a@}' Fidk seCdg no 1. A%atG Prime Tiu-
Othy seed $40. Mess pork rer Ehl al Ks
Lard. per tUU los, &3.t5a3SU short t9h sides
Qo0se) S.Gaa3 SD; dry-salted Shout rs tbnyedY
4aa4h; short ctear sides lbOEgd} 3TDt
ell Is.
NEW YORK.
NEW YOHR. Dec. 8I.-Flour steady. oitv
mill patents S5.20a545; do. clears S4q5a5 az.
Minnesota patents S455a4 20: Minnesota ba
kers I4a3 10; winter patents Sl95a5l5: do.
stralghts $4.bUd4 70; do. winter eXtras So 91lD
385; winter low grades S2.10Ca3 05.
S3.l0a325.
Buckwheat -four at sI25.
Buckwheat quiet at Is.
Corn meal dull; yellow western 60; city
81; Brandywine 81, 10. -
40a42.
Barley steady; western feeding 20; mailing
-: barley matt nominal; western 50a55
Wheat, spot, inactive, No 1 Northern New
York 92H f. 0. b. atOat: No. hard ~ f. o. b,
afioat; options, No. 2 red January closed
W1; March Ra92&, closed 92b; May S8%a
~ 6-I6, closed ss1; July ei&aS5H, closed S54;
Corn, spot, dull; No. 2, 2g% in elevator: 80X
atiOat; options, January closed 2gk: NAV 81 u n
Ola, closed 3I%; July closed 32A; December
Oats, spot steady; No. 2, I'm; No. 3. 20B;
NO. uellVered 23%: No. white PAX: No
white ~; track mixed western 20a30; track
Whlte state -, options, January closed %
February closed 22A; March 23A closed 23S
May % 9, closed 23A; December closed -.
Feed uull.
Hay duu;shipptng 52ka57K; good to choice
67Ma70.
Hops quiet. common to choice 1895 crop SO
y is46 crop sal8 Pacific coast, 1895 crop 3&a
Hides steady; Galveston, 2Oa25 lbs, 12al8,
Huenos Ayres dry, 2084 lbs, nominal; Texas
dry, 24a30 lbs, on: California 2la25 his 15b
Leather steady; HemlOck sole BuenOs Ayres
light TO heavy weights, 1871 a20h; acid, 20Il23.
" ool quiet, domestic fleece, lja20; pulled
l5alS.
Coal steady.
Beet quiet; family 50 59asll; extra mess
%l.@3asUO beef hams &l8: packed S8aS0 so: city
extra India mess 81 50al4.5O
Cut meats steady; picked bellies 44af&: do
picked shoulders "a; do. hams 8ka9.
Lard steady; W, stern steamed S4.07k, city,
january 34lo, nominal; refined steady: CONT
uent 9+-d3; >outh American St.65; compound
Pork firm; old mess Ss.2508 10; short clear
@ i5al050; family Sl00J0l05U
Butter steady western creamery l302l:
do. factory 1alz; Eigus II; imitation cream
cry llal6; state dairy l0al1; do, creamery
Cheese quiet, large State TkGIOA: small
s5}&7SS5{ . '4ql"1 part SKINS s. 9'@i full skins
Eggs unsettled; State and Pennsylvania 2Oa
Il; western fresh l2al1.
TallOw steady; city (S2 per paCkage) 5-lG,
country packages free 3 5-l6. as to quality.
Cotton seed Oil steady, prime crude 70,
do o mills lIal11 of crude 1874, prime
summer yellow E}a24H, of summer yellow
22Aa23 butter grades 0Aa26, prime white ga
Petroleum dull, United closed at 80 bid,
refined New York $685. Philadelphia and
Baltimore So 20; do. in bulk S370.
S1.75
Turpentiue firm at 26A ARK.
Rice quiet; domestic, fair to extra 3%0
Molasses quiet; New Orleans. open kettle,
good to choice, 24a34 for new crop,
Pig ironquiet southern SllaE25; northern
Copper steady; brokers' Tx: exchange liz.
Lead strong; brokers SEQ; exchange S. goa
Tin steady: straights SI3: plates quiet.
Spelter dull; domestic 81 U0a4 10.
COtiee--OptiOns, January So 70a975, March
S9S0a9 50, May S9.Sua9 40, September S9.9Oa995
spot, Rio quiet; No. 2, lO&; mild dull; Cordova
16hGI7
Sugar, raw quiet; fair refining 2 10 10: cen
trifuRal, S6-test, 3 10; refined quiet No. O.
No. 10, 3 9-l8, No. II, 3k, No. IL, TIC, No. 13
So; No. ia, 8 sic, Mould A, ~, standard a, AZ;
confectioners' A. ~, cut loaf 5, crushed 8,
powdered 48, granulatcd 4@, cubes ~.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 3l.-FlOur firm: west
ern super S2.85d3.30; do. extra S3.50d4 10;
do family S4.50d4.S5; winter wheat patents
S500a5. 70; spring do. $4,000 30; spring wheat
straights 81. 40lp470
Wheat steady; spot 934 a83h; May 90a90&
Southern wheat by sample s3ag5; do. on
grade S9ha93&
Corn easier; spot 9SKa2sK, year and Jan
~ ass, steamer mixed 25ka254: Southern
white corn 23a a28& do. yellow 234 a2SA
Oats steady: No. white western 25a26; No
mixed 2la22
Rye steady; No. 2, nearby, 4lA942 western
43ka43k.
Hay quiet, choice Timothy Sl3.50GQlA00