Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-22

lower; April closed 81 7-sc.; May, 80 $50
81 Size; closed. 50 1-2c.
Corn-spot nrmer; No. 2, q he. in ele-
s sse options am%s w ns'a wheat but
gradually sold of. under realizing. and
closed 1-4T3-8c. net lower; April closed
80 l-4c.; May, 70 S-t13o lao. closed. % sc.
oS oasss aS ' Su al HS ln c closing
l-ic. net higher; May closed 221-ic.; July
closed 23c.
Hay-Quiet.
Hops-Quiet.
Hides-Firm-
Leather-Firm.
Wool-Ffrm.
Coal-Quet.
Beef-Stcady.
Lard-Dull; western steam, $40. nomi-
nally; May AS. nominally; refined
quiet.
17c.. do. factory, sali l-2c.; Egins. l7e.;
Imitation creamery, l0a1i l-2c.; State
dairy. I3@l6c.: do. creamery. l3qi7c.
Enthusiastically: large, @i12c.; small, $40
Il 1-4c.; part skins, gas l-4c.' fuii SKINS
Esss-steady: State and PENNSYLVANIA,
9i-2c; western fresh, s1-2c.; southern
Taliow-Dull: city. ss-lsc.; country
I Petroeum-ouIet; united closed Sic.,
bid.
Rosn-QuIet
Turpentine-Quet.
Rice-Steady.
Pis-Iron-Easy; southern, siodsii' hoi'n'
ern sl0.50M $3.50.
Copper~Firm; brokers', sll.25; ex-
Tin|Barely steady; straights, &c.
Spelter-Steady: domestic, A.l0nA.2o
Lead-DulI and featureless, with q
weak undertone; Exchange quotations.
Cottonseed- oIi-stronger; prime crude,
Ice: prime summer yellow. q l-2c. on
summer yellow. q lac; better grades
2eq27c., nominally; prime white, z9uzo L.
M26c.
Coffee-Options opened 15N25 points low
or. In sympathy with easier European
markets and active foreign selling BUY,
ing was checked by heavy receipts az az
primary pon's and small deI aver With
more favorable Havre news. ana cioseu
barely steady at net decline OF TO =
points; sales. q, $50 bags. including April
S.25: May. N.l5m9:25; spot RIO nonil 1narI
dova. l3Q$li; sales. 400 bags Maracaibo al
| $50; 400 bags Angostura al $50.
Sugar-Raw dell and nominal; refined
| steady.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, April H.-Flour-
Firm and unchanged. receipts. 500 par
rels exports, 3,025 barrels; sales, 2'iVo BAR
rels.
Wheat-Unsettled and higher; spot, the
month. and May, 81 i-4aS l-2c.; receipts,
1851 bushels; exports, none; STOCK, $500
bushels; southern wheat, by sample, $50
Sic
Corn-Firmer; spot, the month, and
Nav. % 5-Sa2S 3-4c.: steamer mixed
Is 1-Sa26 lie; receipts, 23,l59 bushels; ex-
ports, H. 800 bushels: stock, 2Z24,iOo pusn-
els: sales, 2i,0o0 bushels; southern white
| corn. 3lc: do. yellow, 2gu9 l-2c.
Oats-Firmly held; No. white. 2oI zoc.
No. 2 mixed q 1-2c.; receipts. s;oSs bush-
/ els: exports, none; stock. 1l5.12S busheis
Rye-Firm; No; 2, nearby. AlH &c,
| No. western, Al l-2nfzc., exports, nohe
| stock. $3.50 bushels: s,,-oo,
Hay--Very firm; choice timothy, SiSou
Grain Freights-Dull; no demand; steam
| to Liverpool per bushei. liza. LOT May
! Cork for orders, per quarter, IS. 30. ioi
Sugar. Butter, Eggs, and Cheese-Un
/ changed.
! Whskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. ILL, April 2l-Wheat wa:
| as bad as a woman to-day in the variety
! Of its moods and the suddenness OF lts
/ changes. IL started very strong, sold foi
a time at an advance Of l-2c over yes
| terdav. and closed at a net loss or lac
| Strong cables and heavy realizing were
Corn was equally variable. closing 3-Sc
oats declined very small fraction, and
nrovislons closed 1-2Ioc. lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.