The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

BUTTER AND EGGS-New York, s,p. s.
Butter-Receipts, 9,7S6 pkgs; firm; Western
creamery, 1412@181ac; Elgins, 1S1ac; factory,
1hQ14c Eggs-Rece;pts, 1854 pkgs; s eady;
Western, 151hc. "
Chicago. Sept. SHUTTER and eggs steady;
prices unchanged.
SEED MARKETS Chicago. Sept. S-Ths
naXseed market was strong today in the face
OF discouraging cables from Liverpool. S. ocks
are low the word over and our own crop
not reaching expectations. Receipts here
were "a cars, Is at Duluth, and SO cars at
Minneapolis. Cash fax at S91ac Northwest
at 9O12c, September at s91Rc, October at S61hc
December at S619c, and May at soc pr bu
Cash timothy seed closed at $3.50 per 100 lbs
Glover seed closed at $5.75 per 100 lbs. NJ n
neapolis faxseed quoted at S4&4c for cash. and
S5c for September.
NEW YORK COTTON-New York, Sept s.
The cotton market opened quiet and firm
with prices to points higher, and cont n
ued to improve for some time after the GILL
The better feeling resulted from a bu,l:sh set
of cables from Liverpool, discouraging wealth
er conditions in the South, and fears est
Saturdays government report show a create !,
deterioration in the crop generally during the
past month than currently estimated. Shorts
covered freely, and a moderate numb-r Of
buying orders came to hand from abr. ad
Believing the turning point to have BEN
reached some of the more confident out.i1e
investors purchased the more remote deliver
les In a small way. Cotton futures els
steady; September, 5.56c; November 56lc;
December, 5.S5c; January, $3.50; February
5.73c; March, sic; April, 5.SOc; May, 5.S4c!
July, 5.S7c.
NEW YORK METALs-New York, Sept. g.
The metal market seems to have la2sed
back into old-time dullness. News from
abroad was about as expected and the stua-
ton generally was destitute Of new feature.
At the close the metal exchange called pig
iron warrants dull with $3.50 bid and Sc e5
asked. Lake copper unchanged with 1925
bid and $12.37lA asked; tin quiet with SIC 10
bid and $1615 asked. Lead quiet with 81. 05
bid and $40714 asked. Speter quiet, $3.50 bid
and $3.50 asked. The firm naming the settling
price for leading miners and smelters. in the
West quotes lead 1880
NEW YORK COFFEE-New York, Sept
S.-Coffee options opened steady at unchang-
ed prices, ruled inactive and featureless, with
weak undertone. partly on account of. Rio
and Santos holidays, with European markets
showing weakness and local demand for spot
coffee inactive; selling arrested by more lib
eral warehouse deliveries in this country
Closed steady, unchanged to 5 points lower
Sales, 400 bags, including November, 5.55
Spot coffee-Rio dull and nominal; No. T.
invoice, 63s; No. Z, jobbing, 67s; Mocha quiet
Cordova, Sob. Sugar-Raw strong; fair re-
fning 15-16c; centrifugal, 96-test, 43sc. Mo-
lasses, 9-16c; refined, strong.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS-New York, Sept
goods centers today owing to the return Of
cooler weather. There is no improvement in
the demand for wooden and worsted goods
either mems wear fabrics or dress goods
Staple cottons have been the subject Of some
specific attention in various lines on the
part of buyers during the current week
Print cloths, however show little actual
movement, with extras quoted at 2 Lice and
odd goods on about the same basis.