The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-21
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady Wheat. No. 2sprine s41aS8k
Corn. No. ) "a Oats. 10. =, *:
NO shIts ~. 81 s "a No. Whit
sed No. |. | OlAaiO4x. Prime Timothy sec d
49, ;od Mess 1ss gSrk per Dbl 75a7 80 LarS
M40G475- Dry-saited shoulders (boxed St.75
a5.UO. Short clear sides (boxed) s5 OOa5 l2X.
Whiskey, dietillers' finished goods per hRlIun
N.22.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. Oct qO-Flour active and
firmer at G ose; city mill patents $5.7ja
6.OO: do clears s5.50a5.o5; Minnesota patents
$5oOa5.40: Minnesota bakers 35a4.50 winter
ter extras 3.20as IS; winter low grades 3OOa3. IS
So 'a3b5
Bnrhwheat -four dull at q 5Oal.eO.
Euckwheats d say at 4oa4I.
C1.n meai dull: yellow western SO; city
81: Rrandywine SI.a0a200
Rye frmer: No. western Is: car lots 49aE0.
BARLEY eady western feeding 28k: mai,-
ing -; barley malt nominal; western 55a65
Wheat, spot firm No. red 99k afioat;
hard e6&; options. No. . red January closed
=. February closed =: May clio. ed GA Oct1
Der closed yax; December 80 7-l6aglx, closed
Corn. spot, firm: No. q Blk afioat: options.
May Closed 3ih: October closed -; Novem-
Der ciosed 90: December 80 a3 V.
Oats. spot; quiet: No. 2 IA; options, o.
tober closed 224: November closed -; De-
eeniber 23s as3*, C ossd 23x.
Hay dull; shipping 4Oai6; good to choice
5a70.
crop 4ao, 1875 crop eas. 1897 crop I4QId, pa.
''to , coast 1895 crop is6; 1895 crop. oas, 1897
Hides steady; Galveston. 20a25 lbs l5ale;
hn a.
dry, Aa3O lbs, Eal2k; California, 2Oa25 lbs, l.
ais.
Leather quiet; Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
light TO heavy weights, 2Oka2lk; acid, 2OX0
Wool quiet; domestic fleece. 2Oa27; pulle
No. to extra 27aiO; Texas Nal3.
0al steady.
Beef steady; family ss.OOalO.6O: extra mess
81 5UaS5U. uee1 hams SEA OUa25OO: packed $50
ao5O; city extra India mess sl4.009l600
Gu, meats stron, er picklea beines on;
do. picked shoulders On; do hams Sa8k.
Laro firm: western steamed -; city a a
40: OctoDer 81 az, nominal; refined steady;
continent 500: South American So ~.
PORK duh old mess IS 5Oas.OO; new mess
s9.OOa9.75: SNORT clear yl0.OUai3.O0 family $ll0
al2l0.
10 factory 90l3: Elgins ~: imitatIo.
creamery i2alo; State dairy lzals: do. cream
Cheese steady: State large white small
colored sAasx: part skins 6xa7; full skins
~ "A.
- Eggs quiet; State and Pennsylvania Ice
Potatoes dull: Jersey 81 5Oai.76; Lonp
Island VI 7oal.cix sweets, 81 6Cal7o
raiiow dulI; city lper y Packsge) SHa
quality.
cotton seed oil quiet. steady; prime crude
"; do b, mills i6ai6: dc. yellow 23k of
prime summer while 2eka27. prime winter
yellow 3la2.
Petrol.un quiet; no market; United =;
renned New fork S640; Philadelphia ant
Baltimore IS IS: do. in bulk a. s..
N.f0al 46.
Turpentine easy at ssas2K.
klce steady, domestic, tar 70 extra 4xG
81, JS pau ~ (GoA
Molasses steady; New Orleal s, open
49, good 30 choice. 25a3l.
Pig iron quiet aG s. u I'll l, 81 % asked.
copper dui at 10 bid, sIl % ask eu.
Tin quiet at ,i3 81 bia, $3.50 asked
Speher let at 40 bid s4;s asked.
Tomatoes, as to quality. per crate or box
50aSl.OU.
.abbages Long Island and Jersey, per 10
.offee-Options. January IS 80: March s6.45;
May 500 spot Rio. GA OF: Cordova l0al5.
sugar, raw nominal; fair rennlns 5-lo
Mould A, 5x; standard A. s; oonfectioners
A, 8; cut loaf 6x. crushed 5x, powdered By
grAnulated on: cubes On.
BALTlMORE.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 20-Flour dull and
lower: western superfine - 75a3.I0: DO. extra
IS 40a4. Is; do. family $4,000 IS; winter whea
patents "a 9)a5. 10; spring do. x50GG5.25; sprins
wheat straights H.809l500.
Wheat firm No. . req. spot, October end
November ~ 1857; Dec, mber 8 n i95A;
steamer No. red Syxaq0. southern .heai
by sample. q a96 do. on grade a0a95k.
Corn st ady mi led. spot. OCTOBER and No
vember 3Jh a3Ozs November or December.
new or old, oOx aoof January a3lk steamer
mixed 2Sxa28k; Southern white corn 3la33;
do yellow 32ac3
Oats firm, NO. Q white, 26Xa27 No. g
m xed 90
aye tirm; no. 2. nearby 81; No. western
52h bid.
Hay steady; choice Timothy sl300al35O.