The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-31
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
A Rise in tho Morning and a Decline

A Rise in tho Morning and n Decline
in tho Afternoon.
New York, Aug. 30.--The stock market
moved up this morning and down this
afternoon, the weakness being due ap.
parently TO heavy profit taking in the
grangers, which had moved up buoyantly
in the morning Chicago Great Western
suffered most severely from the llquida-
ton, and shows net loss of u. Omaha
showed a continuance Of Saturday.
strength, and novel up ~ above Satur-
days close, but lost it all. Rock Island
alone of the group closed fractionaliy
higher. The selling movement In the
grangcrs affected the whole list more or
less and many prominent stocks closed
below Saturdays after having been ma
terially above at one time during. the
day Some of the recent speculative IA
vorites had achieved SO large an advant-
age that the decline left them something
to the good. Closing bids:
Balto. & Ohio. l5$. Lehigh Valley. 3Cla
Chcsa. & Ohio. 26is n. J. Central... 95a.
Del. {: Hudson. .ll7s4 N. Y. Central. .loSs.
D., l.. g. W.....l59 Pennsylvania ts9i
Erie.............. l7A Reading. I'd pf.. S2s4
Lake Erie & W. 20la st. Paul........ s5!s
General Markets.
Philadelphia, AUG. 3O-Flour quiet: win
Ter SupSTllIe So.ouUa. 10, ~ tAti aa, |o''oD
4; Pennsylvania roller. clear. $LSoQ4SO;
do straight, s4.e5G5l0; western winter,
clear, N,GOG4SO; do. straight, s4.S5G510:
city mills, extra $G.75lI4. Rye -four firm,
but quiet at 50 per barrel for choice Penn
Syvaula Wheat weak: contract wheat.
August. 9TaU9Sc; No. Pennsylvania ana
No. 2 Delaware red. spot. 9s1ausSc.; NO.
red, August, 97'sc.; do, September, S5lsc.;
do October 9jisc.; do. November, oi1sc';
do. December 9iBc. Corn steady: steamer
corn, spot. S3AG29'ac., No. yellow for
local trade, 3S,sGS9c; No mixed. August
and September, S4A@35c. Oats quiet; No
2 white, August. September. october and
November, 26J26c. Hay In moderate de-
mand; choice timothy, slcul2.5o for large
bales. Beef firm; beef hams, $es5oNgJ
Pork dull; new mess, sl01tlO,50; family,
llG0Qi2. Lard steady: western steamed,
s. 20. Butter firm; western creamery. 12H
100; do. factory, SIllc.; Elgins, l9c.; imi-
tation creamery. l0ul3c.; New York dairy,
l0ul7c.: do. creamery, l2pl9c.. fancy
prints jobbng at lHu2lc.; extra Pennsyl-
vania. wholesale, lie. Cheese steady;
New York. large. white, sac; small,
white, Ice; large, co!ored. ga4c; small,
co,orcd. 10c; part skins, 5l2G6'sc.; full
sl;tms, 9lac. Eyes firm: New York and
PENNSYLVANIA. 17laH19c.; western, fresh,
1GlaTi7c. Potatoes quiet: Jerseys s1.25fp
15n; Long Island, N.75p2; sweets, S1.5o0
1Gsia Tallow irregular; city, 3ssd3Ec..
nominal country, 3@sT3l2c. as to quality.
Cottonseed oil firm: prime crude yellow,
o6qa6kc. Petroleum quiet and steady;
United closed at 1870, bid. Rosln steady:
strained. common to good, sl,45GlbO Tur-
pentine firmcr at 29haG3Oc. Molasscs
frmer; New Orleans. open kettle. good
TO choice. 254Slc. There were sales OF
5000 tons of pig Iron warrants on change
today, and the market closed firm, with
$3.50 bid and 1915 asked Lake copper
closed quiet. with sll.l5 bid and sll.?5
asked. Tin closed dull at slSG5Tl37J,
Hpelter quiet at s4.25U4,S5. Lead strong at
stI5I5420 Tomatoes. per box or crate,
s5d60c. Long Island and Jersey cab
hare, per 10o s2n2.5O, Coffee closed dull;
September sG.25. December, s6.7o March.
7u705; April. s705; May. $40: June, Sll5'
Live Stock Markets.
New York, Aug. S9,-Beeves. steers and
oxe steady; dry cows weak; bulls closed
l5q25c. lower; native steers, aSJd5SO;
stays and oxen, s275145 20; bulls. s2,joI
$40; dry cows, sl.sog3So. Calves fairly
active; steady all around venls. $5a726;
few, sI37lea75o: grassers and butterm!lks,
sS5o4i. Sheep and lambs steady; sheep,
e. 25l375 lambs. H.2545.s0. Hogs lower
ut A,50G4S0
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