Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-29

price. SIS. Crenshaw's Warehouse sold
S3.465 pounds: highest price. $f0.75. Total
number OF pounds sold at the three ware
houses. $40: highest price. SIS.
Very good prices were obtained at
Davenport's Warehouse to-day for bright
tobacco.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, January 2s.-Flour--
Strong but quiet; elty-nill patents. sS.Io4
Rye Flour-Firm at $3.50.
Buckwhcat Flour-Steady az l.25fsf.30
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at 3SnS6 lie.
Cornmeal-Firm; city. 6sc.; yellow west
| ern, &c.
Rye-Dull: No. 2. IS 3-ta57c.
| Barley-Nominal; feeding 36 1-2u3Ic.
| Barley Malt-Steady: western, 50 i-2Q65c.
Wheat-Spot firm; No. 2 red. .fl.0s. OPP
ing Liverpool cables. rallied on active
covering, stimulated by sharp advance In
| Antwerp, touching a dollar for May; af-
! ter which IL reacted under realizing but
mon r% but ana a ne o Ssasr on on jSS
January. closed si0s: May. closed SOC.
Corn-Spot firm; No. 2. So 7-Sc:. Options
opened easy on cables later rallied, With
prices to a 1-2c. net advance; January
closed 80 1-Sc.; May, closed "a 5-Sc.
Oats-spot firm; No. 2, 2sc. Options
Is 7-sc. '"'' " 49,
Beef-Firm; packet, $3.50.
Cut Meats-Steady: picked bellies, Ia
g6c;; picked shoulders. 43-4c.; do. hams,
Z 1-4c.
.Lard-steady: western steamed, $40:
May. ss.25. nominally: refined quiet; Con-
tinent, s535; South America, s5.75.
| Pork-Firm.
Butter-steady; western creamery. nl-2
q2oc.; do factory, llgl4c. Elgins, 20c.;
| imitation creamery. 1fffi9c
Cheese-Dull large white. September,
s lie.
20c.; western fresh, zoe.
Potatoes-Steady: sweets 3Gl4c
,Cottonseed-Oil-Dull; prime crude, lsc. (;
do yellow % lie.
Petroleum-Dull.
Realistically: strained. common TO
good SLAP 1-24$l47 10.
Iurpentine-Slow at "a 1-4u3ic.
Rice-Frm.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Cabbage--$3 50d$4
Coffee-OptiOns opened quiet and I'M
changed. Improved on stronger Havre and
hamburg cables, causing covering, but
with speculation and investment demand
still slack. being checked by heavy re-
ceipts at Rio and Santos and apathy of
spot demand. Close steady. with prices
unchanged to points lower; February.
sS.OS; May, $3.50 Spot. coffee: Rio quiet;
mild quiet: Cordova. sS25dsi5.
Sugar-Steady; fair refining 3s-16c.
centrifugal, Sc degrees test, 41-l6c.; re-
lined steady.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. January 29-There is no
radical change i'm the situation I'm dry
goods, locally. Cotton goods show
stronger price tone but one not decided
enough to warrant quotable advances.
me print-cloth market shows continued
gains in all counts The sales OF the
week have been quite heavy both in ex-
tras and in odds. The quotation on ex-
trdS Is 23-l6c.f nominally, but bids at this
ngure are refused by manufacturers. In
like manner bids OF 3-i6c for 3S IL inch
81 squares, are declined. other odd goods
are in active request, and are firm. This
activity In the print-cloth market has had
good erect on the market for all staple
cottons The demand for goods In gross
has been generally well sustained. Prints
are in steady demand in all grades
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. January 2s.-Flour-Dull
and higher; western, 81 S0liS3 20; do. ex-
ira, -. 45gA1O; do. family, S440nsi70; win
ter wheat, patent A.s5a$5.iO; spring do,
sos. '' ' '''s"'' ''''''
Wheat-Firm; spot the month, and
February, s1.O0 3-40Sl.Ol March. s1.01 lag
S.0l IL; May, 80 1-2as9 S-ic.; steamer, No.
sample, 97c.qsl0l r.; do. on grade.
81 1-4c. NSl OF IA
Confirm; spot. 34d3i 1-4c; month. "a
nSi l-Sc.; February and March, 3fff34 1-4c.:
steamer mixed, 33c. bid southern white
corn, 3Sq35c.: do. yellow, 33d34 1-2c.
Oats-Firm; No. white, 20 1-2h3Oc.; No.
mixed, Csc. bid.
Rye-Strong and higher: No. 2 near by,
"a l-fn0f lie. No. western s. 1-fQ55 f-2c
Hay-Steady: choice timothy. sl3
Grain Freights-Dull and unchanged
Sugar--Strong and unchanged.
Butter-Quiet and unchanged
Eggs-Quiet and unchanged.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged
Whiskey-Unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. ILL, January S.-Wheat
to-day made the best prices on this crop
for cash. the January option being bid up
20 Sl.lO and closing at $l0S The top price
was cent above the highest figure du-
ring the recent bulge I'm December May
sold up TO 81 3-Sc.. after a weak opening
but closed unchanged. Heavy Argentine
shipments were against the market at
first, but later strong foreign news and
the usual pushing" by the Letter people
sent prices soaring. Corn and oats fol-
lowed wheat, and closed unchanged Pro-
visions declined 2l-2u5c
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.
WHEAT-N0. ,.
May......... 96,ssss ssh 90 ofK
July...."....soaA So s5M s6A
C0RS-No.2.