Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-17
Opening. aighest lowest ciostu

Oct, .......... 5.22y, $50 5.22x 625
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady. No. 2 yellow corn, 80 l-ia3S l-Zc.
No spring wheat, 6Sa69c.; No spring
wheat, 67Qllc.; No. red, lVunc. NO =
corn, 81 S-4c. No. oats, q l-1c, NO
No. rye, 43 1-2q4ic. No. barley, is4
46c No. l faxseed, So 3-4c.; new, 80 l-2g'
80 Prime timothy seed. S2.45. Mess pork
per barrel, s9as9O5. Lard. per 100 pounds,
S5.Z7 l-2dS53O Short rib sides QooseD'
S. 15a$54 40; dry-salted shoulders 6oxedD
$40 1-2a$4S7 10; short clear sides (boxedl
s5s5Gs575 Sugar, cut-loaf, unchanged
Butter unchanged. Eggs unchanged.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL August 16.-Cotton-Spot,
in fair demand; prices easier. American
mddling, fair 27-32d.; good mlddnhg,
l9-32d.: American middling, lS-52d: low
middling. 3 l-4d. good ordinary, 3-5Zd !,
ordinary, 29-32d; sales, 1000 bales, OF
which 900 were for speculation and export
| and included $500 American. Receipts'
| 5000 bales; none American.
Futures opened steady. with m9oefate
| demand. and closed steady al the decline;
| American mlddling, low middling clause
| August. 1S-64d3 19-6id., sellers; August
| and September 3 17-6id., sellers; septem-
| Der and October, 3 Ibid. sellers; Octopel
and November, Sl3-6fu3 Ibid o.. s 20 eai
| November and December, l2-6in3 l3-oid:
| BUYERS; December and January. 3 l2-ofu
! 2 lS.eld.' buyers; January and February;
| 8 l2-64d3 13-64d. buyers; February and
March. l3-6iq3 Had, sellers, March ana
! April. 3 l4-64d., sellers; April ana May
z iI-eia8 i5-64d., buyers; May and June,
! 3 l5-64d3 i6-64d., value.
NEW YORK, August l6.-Cotton steady;
| midding, &C.: net receipts none; gross. ~
| bales: exports-to Great Britain, o,Iy'
bales; to the Continent, 6l6 bales; forward
ed. l,1d bales; sales, .56l bales; splhhets'
/ OCT kaTaa. Qtopk 80 hi baleS.
| Totals to-day: Net receipts. 2,SSS bales;
| exports-to Great Britain, 5,l9l bales; 10
| France none; TO the Continent 600 Dales
stock. 2O7. COS bales. .,- x.,o.
| consolidated: Net receipts, 5,ll5 bales
| exports-to Great Britain, 7732 bales. 20
France. q bales; TO the Continent 6'foS
Totals since September LIST: Net, re
ceipts. s5Z7.5l4 bales; exports-to Gre aad
Britain, 3, l9s, $40 bales; TO France, eio'S@S
bales; 10 the Continent 2.sS9s2l bales
Cotton futures opened steady; August
1896; September, 1854; October $2.os, NO
MEMBER $50: December S75; January
$57s; February, Ssh; March $780, April
S.sS; May, 1888; June, $685..
Futures closed steady; August, $9.oo
September, $3.50; october, SIS; November 1tS
s574: December S.7S. January so.sii reD'
ruary. s5.s5; March, s5.sS; April. S59Z; May
Snot steady: middling Gulf, lac; mid
| ding uplands. &C.; sales, l, 56l bales
After opening steady at an advance or
| points in August covering ana declihe
| of 1Q3 points under Disappointing chpies
and generally glowing crop, accounts, tns
| market subsequently rallied on an enori
| OF local interests 10 start round up oil
| the shorts on the theory that the markel
| has oyer-discOunted the crop OUTLOOK WIN
a critical period ahead. The shorts. how
ever failed 10 take fright, ana prices re-
turned 10 about the lowest level. 80,
| w another rally OF EUf
noints' the shorts retaining from selling
! further and the bulls renewing their Ell
| forts TO stimulate covering, being helpee
by the weekly bush ner G5D
The market was finally steady at a ne
advance OF 2u4 points.
having was checked by indications Of
larger receipts OF new cotton.
NEW ORLEANS, August l6.-Cotton ~
lures quiet and steady August, S;G pi sd
November, s5.lqS42; December. .iet
~. January, s55OQ$5.52; February. $3.50
$3.50; March, s5.5s@|.U
SUFFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
SUFFOLK, VA, August l6.-(5pecial)-
uand-picked. fancy, 4l-2c.; extra. b-sc.
Virginia shelled, No. J, l-2c.; No
ai.fc.: Spanish shelled, No: 1. 4l-2c
IA 10 Sc; farmers Spanish. rs to SOc
bushel.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK, VA, August l6--(SpeciaD-
Peanuts-Farmers' market quiet; lahs,
sS-Ic': strictly prime. Sl-2c.i prime
sI-ic. common, 2qsc.; Spanish, zoe. IAsh
demand for all grades,
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA, August lo'-tspe
ai-)-Cotton-Quiet at $3.50. Tor goo
| lots. -
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, August s:-(Spt
cial J-Virgtnias quiet at 3l-+a5 l-zc.. 10
, good 10 fancy grades; spanish, no safes
buyers and sellers apart.
PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET.
PETERSBURG. va, August le.-lspe
cIalj-Market quiet; receipts light; de
mand for shipping grades bgnt. quota ross
tons: ComnnOn ta's.;. moor snort la,