Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-08

Yesterdays prices, and provisions closed
shade lower all around.
Leading futures ranged as ioilo"s'
opening hisne,t Lowest Closing
wHEAT-No.2.
Dec......9e 80 &C., go s9,< s ssi
CoRS-No. ..
pecemb ...25H 2aA 25H 25M
May......... 2Sssal6 2SssaA 2sss 2Sssals
OATs-No. =.
Decem 0or. III Il .,OA 100
May ...-......E<H "~H -Ns
MESS PoRK-Per BbL
J RsSS%S1'' $40 $40 s.siiA $50 $50
May. 57h $50 S.52h 300
LARD-Per 100 lbs.
5sSaa9y 4.si,s '4ssA s 4a7 's 80
May. 447h so 4.4o 40
SHORT RlBs-Per 100 lbs
J ESEUy'. T.. AS AIN 4:$sH 4.@5
May ....... 4.37h 4.4O 435 40
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady. No 2 yellow corn, 26a26 1-Sc. No.
2 spring wheat, sSq92c.; No. spring
wheat. SOQ9lc.; No. 2 red, 9Su9SAc. No. 2
corn, 2524q25 Use. No. oats, 2l1zc.; No.
white, T. o. b., 3d3&c. No. 2 rye, .461zc.
No. barley, 26q5sc. No. ! hax IS sl;lig l
ia
pork, per barrel, $7.30dS.S5. Lard, per 100
pounds si.27l9Q$4.S0. Short-rib sides
doose). $4l5ns4.55. Dry-salted shoulders
boxed, 4.75aS. Short-clear sides box
ed, Si.50dsi.G5. Sugars-Cut-loaf un-
changed Butter-Steady; creamery, 15W
pc: dairy. l2d29c Cheese quiet at 6dStec.
Eggs-Firm; fresh, zoe.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o., December 7.-Flour-
Dull.
Wheat-Firmer; No. 2 red, 93c.
Corn-Easy; No. 2 mixed, &c:
Oats-Firm: No mixed, % l-2Q23 SAC.
Rye-Steady; No. 2, 46c.
Lard-Steady at Al5.
Bulk Meats-Dull at A.25.
Bacon-Steady at $5.65.
Whiskey-Steady at N.l9.
Butter-Firmer; fancy Elgin creamery,
"a 1-2c.: Ohio. 14q2Oc.; dairy, l2ql5c.
Sugar-Quiet
Eggs-Firm at 11c.
Cheese-Steady.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. December IA p. NJ
Cotton-Spot in fair demand; prices UNI
changed: American middling, 5Ad. The
sales of the day were l2,OOO bales OF Which
1900 were. for speculation ana export
and included 400 American. Receipts,
II 800 bales, all American,
Futures opened quiet and steady, and
closed quiet, with a moderate demand;
American middling. low middling clause;
January, 8 l0-64G3 1l-64d., buyers; jan
nary and February 3 10-64d3 ltd, sell
ers; February and March. 1O-6iaS 1l-6id.,
BUYERS; March and April, ltd. buyers;
Anril and May, 12-64d.. buyers; May and
June. 3 l3-6403 HID, sellers; June ana
July. 3 14-6ld3 17-64d., value; July and Au-
gust. 3 15-64d3 16-64d., buyers; August ana
September. 3 16-64a3 l7-6id., value; Sep
tember and October, 17-6ia3 lS-6id., sell
ers: October and November, B-6ig
q 1Q-e4d sellers
NEW YORK;. December 7.--Cottonm
Dull: middling, 7-Sc.; net receipts, lib
bales; gross. 1896 bales; exports-to Great
Britain, 2,997 bales; to France, 4S1 bales;
forwarded, IlZ Dales, safes, hOhe' SeoOA'
Totals to-day: Net receipts 65.SS7 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, 5,S56 bales; 10
France. u OO4 bales; stock. LOCI .2O6 bales.
consolidated: Net receipts. 1886 bales;
exnorts-to Great Britain. CT $40 bales; TO
France, 2s,692 bales; TO the Continent
49, 76 bales. o,,..
OK S31 bales; exports-to Great Britain
/ 40 025 bales. TO France, 4Of,Sl6 bales; 10
the Continent, 1888 1861 bales,
Cotton futures opened steady al me ne
February. s572; March, $575: April. s5.sl;
Nav &. %: June 1896; July, $500: August,
sos; September, s6.OS; October %.0; De-
ce ES'tnres Closed dull, but steady: sales
- 400 bales; January. $3.50; February, s5.73
Mar No III Sis: April, 1873; May. $5.ss; June.
* az. July. $5.97; August, S6.Ol; september
500 December, s5.66.
SDot cotton closed dull: middling up
lands 7-Sc.; middling Gulf, l-Sc.; sales,
none. co,.o.
NEW ORLEANS. December 7.-Cotton@ n
r-.t,1res quiet and steady; sales, BIO
raIee. December, 1924 bid; January $40
=, Da 90. February, S5.37Gs53S: March, o:42q
= 80. Anril N.47ns5.4S; May: s55s4S5 o.;
49, e. 5sGis5 SO; July, S5.63ltS5.69; August,
st u ssS,sS GO: September, s5.7SuS.75.
YVES NAVAL-STORE MARKETS.
uINGTON. N. c., December L
snirits Turpentine-Quiet at ~ S-faSo i--c' ;
re RosPin.D b at s1sGaa0; receipts 81
oa Crude Turpentine-Quiet at a.0aSl%;
receipts. "a barrels.
Ter~Ffrm at sl.O5; receipts, ITO barrels.
,ESTON, S. c., December e.
,r,,rnentine- Firm; sales, 30 casks;
pdsinNN Eirm and unchanged: sales none
sAVANNAH. GA. December 1,--Spirlts
T,,rpentine-Firm at 80 3-Sc.' saies' ioS'
casLs. receipts, 1876 casks.
posin-Firm sales, $50 barrels; recsip.s;
fi2 barrels; A, IL, G, and ID. Sl;lo; an ~
70 " 9, 20: G. $3.50; II. $40; !, N5o; n, Il,eo
AZ N.S: n, $40, wlndow-giass, s1-'"
water-white. ~.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK VA, December I.-sSpe-
| c,ai l-Peanuts-Farmers market auiI
tancv 2nc. for new: strictly prime. a.tu
s.Sc'. prime. 2a2 1-Sc. :; Spanish, son oz,ze'