The news & observer., 1898-09-17

MESS POHh, Fer bl'
October ...........,,.,.,....... s. 80 $50
January. y....,,...'. s'.'''''..Ss ~ . l71
LARD
October ..........''''''''.''.'.'| % a2H
December. er.....,,,....,......'.... S2h 50
January ........,..... .......... s7% 4 s71{
SHORT RIBS, Per 100 Lbs.
September ............. ..s.'.S 80
January. y.....,...,............... 4 42R 70
Cash quotations we're as follows:
Flour firm; special brands $4.25a4.50; hard
patents $3.40a3.5O; soft patents SS,3OaS 40; hard
straights S320a3.30; do. soft S2.S0a3.0O. Wheat
No. spring 6i 1-2; No. spring 62a66; No. red
g. Corn-No. 2, 301S30k Oats-No. 2, 21Aa
2 1-2 No white 2la25; NO 3 whit white 25aal, @
seed-No l, 80. Prime Timothy seed $3.50.
Mess pork, per bbl., S8.40aS45. Lard, per 100,
$4.77 1-2a4.s6. Short rib sides, loose, S5.lOa
5.35: dry-saIted shoulders, boxed, 4l5a454. Short
clear sides, boxed, S5.6005.70. Whiskey.
NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK. Sept. 16.-Flour quieter but
steady and without change winter straights
S3S5; do. patents $3.75a3.90; Minnesota patents
S3s0a4.45; Minnesota bakers SS.l5a3.35.
Rye -four firm at S2.30d3OO
Buckwheat flour dull.
Corn meal dull; yellow western 72; city rs.
Rye strong; No. 2, 40; State -.
Barley quiet; western choice new mailing 4la
49; do. feeding 33a33 1-2.
Barley malt DULY; western 55a61
Flax seed easy ut 95 IL.
Wheat, spot steady; No. red 70; options,
May 68%; September 70zs; December g. IL.
Corn, spot steady; No. 2, 353a35l1 options,
May 35z5; Septeu.be 337s; November -; De-
cemher "a u.
Oats, spot steady; No. 2, "a 1-2a25; options,
Beef steady; family $1Oa11oO; extra mess $8a
$685. beef hams 5000; packet $9.0Oa10.00; city
extra India mess $1400a15.00.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies 6a7A
picked shoulders 4a4 "a picked hams ga l-2.
Lard easy; western steamed closed S5.l5; city
-; September $50, nominal; refined steady.
Pork easy; mess S9.00G9.25; short clear
S11.0Od12.75; family S11.50012.O0.
Butter very firm; western creamery IA La
20 1-2; do. factory IL 12aI4; Elgins 20 1-2; imi-
tation creamery 13a16; State dairy 13d1S.
Cheese steady; large white 1-2; do. small
~; large colored 1-2; do. small ~; light
skins 6l4d6 IL; part skins 514a5 1-2; full skins
2a2l&.
Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania II; west
ern fresh 16 1-2.
York 81 25a1 rs; Long Island S1.50G2.00; sweets,
Jerseys, $1.5002.25; southern $l50a1.75.
Cotton seed oil steady; prime crude nominal;
prime summer yellow 22 IL; off summer yell
Petroleum stronger; refined, New York, 1855;
Philadelphia and Baltimore $500; do in bulk
sale.
Rosin steady strained, common to good, s18O
al.35.
Turpentine quiet at slaS1 10.
Rice firm; fair to extra 5Sa6%; Japan 5zsa
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle,
good to choice, 2Sa33.
Peanuts strong; fancy hand-picled 5Aa5 1-2;
other domestic 4a4A.
Cabbage dull; Long Island S2.0Oa3.00.
Freights to Liverpool steady; cotton by steam
15d; grain by steam 2s4d.
Coffee--Options, December $3.50; March $5.S5
a590; spot Rio, quiet and nominal; No. z, in
voice Ga; No. jobbing Ga; mild quiet; Cor
dova sails.
trifugal, 96-test, As; molasses sugar 9-l6a3s&;
refined steady and strong; mould A 5A; gran
ulated 1-2.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md, September l6.-Flour dull;
western super S2.250250; do. extra S2.90a3.25;
do. family S3.50a4.O0; spring wheat straight
A.3504.50
Wheat dull; spot and September, 7O%a704;
October 632la70; December 6S3la69; steamer No.
red -; Southern wheat by sample 640n;
Z; Corn n dull; spot and September, 80 Taa8aS
October 33 I-2a334; new or old, November or
December, 3234 asked steamer mixed ----;
Southern white corn SLABS; yellow -.
Oats firm; No. white western, 26a27; No.
2 mixed -.
Rye firmer; No. nearby 40 1-2; No. west
ern 81.
NAVAL STORES.
WILMINGTON N. c., Sept. 16.-Turpentine
firm at 2s Sa2sA; receipts 12S casks.
Rosin firm at 81 .05; receipts 429.
Crude TuTpentine firm at Sl.l0, S1.60 and
SI.60; receipts is barrels.
Tar firm at $3.50; receipts 1888.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. 16.-Turpentine
firm at 2Tal-2; sales -.
Rosin firm; sales =; A, B, C, d, 95: E, Sl.O0; +
81 10; G., S1.25; II, S1.30; /, Sl30; X, Sd.35; NJ,
81 40; N, 81 .65; w G, 81 so; w w, S2.l5.
SAVANNAH Ga, Sept. I6.-Turpentine firm at
20; sales S74; receipts S42.
Rosin firm; sales 1,773; receipts 1879; A, B, G,
D, S1.00; Il, I.O5; +, $l.15; G, $1.S0; II, Sl35;
|, s14O; X, Sl.45; NJ, $1.5O; N, Sl.65; w g. S1s0;
w w, S2.15.