Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-18

and oats declined about 1-sc each, and
provisions closed 5a7 lie. lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.
WHEAT-No.2.
Dec....... sLOox s1.o1 9e,s se.s
Jan........'.. WA efA 30 ~.
May........ 92 cen 9l% elsSaA
CoEN-No Q.
Decemoe ....25A 20 25B 25B
jan ..,... ....'.ZOa5 Eo?s SO4 - NUH
May......"..ESS SbH %oIBa'o -
OATs-No. y.
December. ....2l5sa% 2lA 2lssaN 2lesaM
Nay....". ....229sak SEM %@95 S-9S
MISS PoRK--Per bbL
January. $50 s.S7ls $50 s.50"
May. s.s@}s ss5 s.77ys S.77Is
LLRp-Per 100 lbs
! December. B.. a.. g.. e437lS
/ January..... 400 4 % 400 400
May........ 47a& 4.72M 4.67M 4.e71s
Deem %Gn oer..s4.4o sI.4o s4s5 s.s5
January. 40 40 40 i35
| May ..-.... 4.o5 400 400 400
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
easy. No. 2 yellow corn, 26 3-SG$ 1-2c. No.
spring wheat, 81 5-SqSS l. No. spring
| wheat, S1a94c.; No. red, SO &c. No.
corn. 26 3-Sc. No. oats. p lac; NO;
white, f. o. b.. % 1-4Q24 lie; No. white,
(. o. b., % 1-iq24c. No. Q rye. 46c. No
barley 26G35c. No. 1 flaxseed, N.15 l-2Q
N.19 i-2. Prime timothy seed, W. l-2V
1865 Mess pork, per barrel. S.57 l-2V
| 1882 1-2. Lard, per 100 pounds, $4,000
si53 ID Short rib sides loose), s4.5Odsi.65;
] dry-salted shoulders (boxed(. A.62 1-2Gp
A75; short clear sides (boxed( A:5l l-2g
A771-2. Whiskey, distillers finished
| goods per gallon, $l.19 Sugar. cut-loaf,
/ unchanged. Butter steady; creamery, 15@
pc: dairy l2dl9c Cheese quiet at SQ
lie. Eggs steady; fresh, zoe.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o., December IT,
| Wheat-Slow; No. 2 red, 81 1-2a93c.
Gorrn-Eirm; 10, mixed mixed, 2 re.
Rye-Quiet at IS 1-2d47c.
Lard-F'irm at S.T IL.
Bulk Meats-Dull at A25.
Bacon-Quiet at $3.50
| Whiskey-Steady at $lD
| Butter-Easy.
| Sugar-Ffrm.
Eggs-Easy at i6 1-2c.
Cheese-Quiet.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
| LIVERPOOL, December l7.-4 p. NJ
| Cotton-Spot, good business DONE p s.es
| unchanged; American middlng. 3-l6d.
| The sales Of the day were 1900 bales, of
| which 1000 bales were for speculation and
| export, and included 100 bales Amerl-
! can: receipts, 1900 bales, including 3,o0O
| bales American.
Futures opened quiet with poor de-
| mand. and closed quiet; American mid
ding, ow-middling clause December;
January rHiaS 7-S4as Sod. s,ilers; January
and February, 1898 SID, sellers; Feb
| ruary and March, SID, sellers; March
] and April, 8 S-64d3 9-64d. sellers; April
| and May, 9-64q3 l0-64d, buyers; May and
| June 3ll-64d., sellers; June and July,
! 12-64d. buyers; July and August, l5-eid.,
| buyers; August and september. s l4-64d.'
| buyers; September and October l5-64d.,
buyers; October and November, SlS-oid.'
NEW YORK, December H.-Cotton-
| Quiet; middling. 7-Sc.; net receipts, l,Sb3
| bales; gross receipts, 500 bales; exports
10 the Continent, 1,457 bales forwarded,
| stock 9S,S69 bales.
| Weekly: Net receipts, S.74 bales; gross
receipts. 1886 bales; exports-to Great
| Britain. 1893 bales; to France, 1,OS4 bales;
TO the Continent, $40 bales; forwarded,
| l6 S3S bales; sales. 1i23 bales-all spinners.
Totals to-day: Net receipts, 81, 4Ss bales;
| exports-to Great Britain. 32,Slf bales; 70
| France, $3.50 bales; TO the Continent, S'-
| Az bales; stock, 1.l00,06S bales.
Consolidated Net receipts, $4,000 bales;
| exports-to Great Britain, 1850 bales;
to France, S2,079 bales; to the Continent
| 1869 bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net re-
| ceipts, 4Sl ,287 bales; exports-to Great
Britain. l,556.323 bales; TO France. 4i2AS
| bales: TO the Continent. l,255OS6 bales,
Cotton futures opened steady; sales, leoO
bales: January, 1851; February. $50;
March. S.74; April, $50; May, 1874; June,
s5Ss; July, $50; August, S.96; September,
S.9s; October, Sc; December. S.65.
Closed quiet and steady; sales. $3.50
bales: January, 1851; February, $50;
March, S5.7i April, S5.7s; May, $4; June,
5.ss: July. $50: August S97; September,
S.0: October s.; December, S.65.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling up
lands 7-Sc.; middling Gulf, 5-Sc.; sales,
NAyAL-SToRE MARKETS.
WILMINGTON. N. c., December H.
Spirits Turpentine-Firm at 30 l-5a5lc.
receipts, S. casks. 80
Rosin-Qufet at s1.15dsi.2o; receipts. sls
barrels.
Crude Turpentlne--steady at $40 and
sfe0; receipts. 80 casks.
Tar--F1rrn at sl.o5; receipts, 3l4 barrels.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK, VA. December n--tSpe-
cial)-Fancy. PIC. strictly prime. nc,
prime, &C.; common, l42c.; Spanish, fi1g
soc.
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA. December H.
Virginia peanuts very quiet; prime. &c. J.
extra prime, 2 i-4c.; fancy, lie; Spanish
steady at soc.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA. December IT,
Cotton-Steady at i-l6G5 lie. for gooa
lots.
DECEMBER WHEAT DELIVERIES.