The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-24

January ......,....... .,........S5 22H 8 271<
May...s.....,.. ..............S5 40 b2%
sIIoRr RIBS, Per 100 Lbs.
January. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~ -
May OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 92h 05
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm; winter patents S3b0d3.60 do.
straights S3.20a3.i0; spring special $500;
spring patents S}.20a3.5Oi straights s2.sa3.OO.
Wheat--No. 2 spring ---; No. spring 6S0
50 IL; No Q red IS IL. COrn--No. 2, 3bA. Oats
No. 2, 264a26a; No. white sSA; No. Q. white
HAa251-2. Rye--No. Q, 81 IL. Barley-No. 2,
~ LEADS ID. Flax seed, No. |, ITO. Prime Tim
othy seed $3.50. Mess pork, per Dbl, ". '5as.6S.
sides, loose a.sOab.0O; dry-salted should
ers, boxed, 4Aa4@. Short clear sides, boxed,
SbOOa5.O5. Whiskey SI26.
NEW YORK.
New YoRK, December 23.--rlour quieter, but
maintained It's strong undertone winter
straights S850a3.55; do. patents S3.65a3.Sjj Min
nesota patents Ss.70aJ9j; Minnesota bakers
81. 00l3 .2b; winter low grades $225a2.45.
Rye -four steady; good to fair $5.200sA0.
Buckwheat -four dull at Sl.90a2.O0.
Buckwheat quiet at 5i-
Corn meal firm; yellow western 7sa7o; city
Rye FIRM; No 2, 62aea; state 3d. .o..
Barley strong; feeding 44aib; mailing b8Gs.
Barley malt firm; western bSa1O.
Flax seed steady at Si.lO.
Wheat, spot finn; No. red 7SA, options
December 10 1-2 March 7Gh; May 7jh.
Corn, spot firm; No. 2, 43}6; options, Decem-
oats. SPOT 9uiet; No. .. SO; options, quiet.
Beef stea dy; family sl0aSI1; extra mess SS.50a
900; beef hams $500; packet Sg.5OaSlO; CITY
extra India mess Sl500a16OO.
Cut meats dull; picked bellies bab; picked
shoulders 3Ta4; picked hams 614a7.
Lard frmer; western steamed closed Sb4b;
city - December closed $500 l-2, nominal; re-
PORK frmer; mess 50 OOa95O; short clear
M0.25a12.25; family SlO.00011.00.
Butter firm; western creamery l5@2li 90.
factory l2al4 1-2 Elgins 81; imitation creamery
l3al7; State dairy 16d1S; creamery l5a19 l-2. .
Cheese steady; large white 10 IL; do. small
*; large colored 10A; do. small ~; light
skins 6406 1-2; part skins 5Aa5 IL; full Skins
2a2k.
western fresh 26: southern 22a25.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys Sl.25al.5O; New fork
81 25a1 62 1-2 Long Island S1b001.o7 IL; sweets,
Jerseys, S1.25a2.50: southern 50a75
Taliow steady; city 9-l6; country l-2a358.
Cotton seeu oil firn; prime crude IL liza
IS; prime crude o b mills lSa13 l-2; prime sum-
mer yellow 22a2216; off summer yellow ~; butter
grades O25a27; prime winter yellow 27a28;
Petroleum firm; refined, New York, $3.50;
Philadelphia and Baltimore $7.45 do in bulk
$.55.
Rosin steady. strained, common to good Sl.40.
Turpentine strong at "a l-2a45.
Rice firm; fair to extra 4%@6A; Japan 6Aa
1-2.
Molasses firm; New Orleans, open kettle,
good to choice, 2Sa33.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 5; other
domestic 4a4 1-2.
Cabbage steady; Long Island 50 25a4.00 per 100.
Pis iron dull; southern Sl0.25al1.25; northern
$40 25a11.75.
Freights to Liverpool weak; cotton by steam
- grain by steam -.
Coffee-Options, January s5.75; March S59oa
s o.: spot Rio firm; No. 2. invoice z; No. job
bling IT,; mild firm Cordova 7Aa15.
Sugar, raw irregular; fair refining go; CEN
trifugal 96-test, Az; Muscovado 80; mol9sses
sugar az; refined unsettled No. g. 4 7-16; No.
AZ; No. Ii, Az; No. IL, 1l6; No. 10, Lie; No.
ID, 4; mould A 5-l6 granulated LILO: cubes
So.