The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05


N s. PENNINGTON, Traffic Manag,
l. NJ. FLEMING, Division l
Trains leave from Central depot cornt
Lard-Market firm; pure in tierces.
SIC; 5O-pound tins, SEC; compound, in
tierces, 41ac; 5O-pound tins, 42ic.
Butter-Marset steady, fair demand; Co
shen, 1S15915c; gilt edge. 17QlSc; creamery,
171aG1S12c; fancy Elgin, 2O02ll5c.
Cheese-Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, 1Oc; 20-pound average, 10laG11c.
Fish-Mackerel, half barrel. No. /, IS. 50;
No. 2 $3.50; No. 8, $500; kits, No. l, 81. 25;
No 2, $500; No. 8, 95c. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks, 615c; 2-pound bricks, &c. Smoked
herring. per box. 20c; Dutch herring, in
kegs, 81 60; new mullet, half barrels, SO.
Salt-Demand is fair. and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b., Liverpool,
2O0-pound sacks, SIC; Virginia, 125-pound
burlap sacks 32c; ditto 125 pound cotton
4Sc; bright, 60d65c; fine fancy, 65dSOc.
Coffee-Steady; Mocha, 2T2c; Java. 2613c;
Peaberry, 173c; Standard No. l, 1Hac; No
2, l319c; No. 5, PFC; No. /, 11@c; No. s.
1Oc No. 6, 915c No. Z, &c.
Sugar-Equality Prices-Savannah Quo
tatons: Powdered, sac; standard granu-
lated, 51Sc; cubes 5.43c; confectioners A,
5.O6c; white extra C, 4.9Sc; golden C, 454c
Tone very steady.
Flour-Firm and advancing; patents,
$3.50; straight, 81 40; family, 1886.
OdIS-CaflOdu lOlSI oUCs JOb lOlSs &c.
Bran-Job lots, 75c; carload lots, zoe.
Hay-Market steady: western, job lots,
SOC; carload lots, 75c.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel. $780, per sack,
81 90; city meal, per sack, 95c; pearl grits,
per barrel, 81 40; per sack, 81 TO- city grits,
$1.05.
Corn-Market firm and advancing;
white job lots 49c; carload lots, 47c; mix
ed corn job lots, 4Sc; carload, Acc; crack
ed corn job lots, SOC sack.
Texas rust proof; jobbers, 4Oc; carload
lots, SIC.
Lemons-Mc=2et quiet; new crop Mes
sina, per box. S375Q4.00.
Oranges-Messina oranges, nominal, 80. 50
G275.
Dried Fruit-Apples. evaporated, &c;
common, 4Aq5c.
Raisins-L. L.. $1.75; 1a-box. s1.1O; loose.
6O-pound boxes, &c per pound
Oils-Market steady; demand fair; Sig
nal, 45q5St; West Virginia, black, 9Q12c;
lard, 5SGD65c; neatsfoot, 60G85c; machinery,
2Oq3Oc; linseed, raw. Soc; boiled, &c; kero>
sene, Georgia-test, 10c; water white, lie;
fre-proof, l2c; guardian, lie; deodorized.
stove gasolene, 13c. -. ...4 .N-
Lime, Calcined Plaster and Cement-Ala-
bama and Georgia lime in fair demand
and selling at Soc per barrel, bulk and
carload lot special; calcined plaster, $160
per barrel; hair, 4G5c; Rosedale cement,
81. 3O6i4 40; carload lots, special; Portland
Cabbage-Northern. barrels, per head,
Sd9c.
Nuts-Almonds, Taragona, 12c: Ivicas,
10i5c; walnuts French. 10c; Naples, lie;
pecans, 1Oc; Brazils, &c; filberts, 1Oc; as
sorted nuts, 50-pound and 25-pound boxes,
912Gl0c; cocoanuts $375 per 100.
Peanuts-Ample stock; fair demand;
market steady; fancy hand-picked Vir-
ginia, per pound, 4l2c; hand-picked, per
pound. 4c.
Demonstrates, s1.25; barrels, $500.
Potatoes-Irish, $3O0q325.
shot-Firm; drop to B, SIPS; b to larger,
81 so; bulk $50
Iron-Market very steady; Swede, 40
&c; refined, $1.6O base.
Nails-Cut, $1.7o base; wire. $195 base.
Advance national list OF extras, adopted,
Dec. /, 1896
Gun Powder-Per keg. $500; half keg,
1925; quarter keg, S1.20. Champion duck
ing. quarter keg, 2.25. Austin, Dupont
and Hazard smokeless, half kegs, sS45;
quarter kegs, $40; 3-pound canister, $2.10;
l-pound canister, 75c. Less 20 to 10 per cent.
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Lumber-Demand, both foreign and do
nestle is firm; ordinary sizes, $11 600
200; difficult sizes, $l3.00dl80O; flooring.
boards, Sl5OOQ22.OO; ship stun, $l6JOd2OOO;
sawn ties, 5000.
Poultry-steady; fair demand; spring
chickens, 25c per pair, ha.f-grown to
three-quarters grown, 3Oc to 35c pair; full
grown fowls, 50c per pair.
Eggs-Market firm; full supply; candled,
per dozen. 9010c; country, &c less.
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at 22isd25c; selling at %
93Oc; sugar house at l9a32c; Cuba straight
goods, 23a30c; sugar house molasses. $50
20c
Tobacco-Market quiet and steady;
smoking, domestic 22QG0c; chewing, COM
mon, sound, 24a27c; fair, 23@35c; good, 36c.
Hides, Woods, Etc.-Hides-The market
firm: dry flint. 12lkc; dry salt. 1Olkc; green
sailed 6ikc. Wool-Firm prime Georgia.
free of sand burrs and black wool, lie;
blacks. 15c; bury 6dSc. Wax, Tic Tai
low, &c. Deer skins. l5c.
Bagging and Tles-The market Is steady:
jute baggng. 2h-pound 70714c 2-pound
6ikG6Ac; 1%-pound. 606hc; quotations are
for job lots small lots higher; sea island
bagging. SdSlsc: standard Arrow ties. steel
a pounds. large lots. soc: small lots. SOC.
Dry Goods-The market Is firm; de-
mand brisk: prints. 3iaG5c: Georgia brown
shirtngs. sac; q. &C.; A. brown sheet
ings. 3i5Nl%c; white osnaburgs. GAc;
checks. i05c; brown drllings, 5isdstac.