The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-22
CHICAGO, December q.
Onnninp. Closing.

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm; winter patents S3.4O03.j0; do.
straights S3.iOG32O; spring special S3.20a3,40;
spring patents S3.20a350; straights S2.Sa3.00.
Wheat-No. spring "a -; No. spring 6la
q l-2;No. red 6sa69. Corn-No: 2, 30. Oats
No, 26ha26s No. white 20 i4a2S24; MOB, white
2sa2S ~. Rye-No. 2, "a IL. Barley-No: 2,
30 2a4S 10. Flax seed, No. 1, 105. Prime
Timothy seed $3.50. Mess pork, per Dbl, e. l5a
rib sides, loose, S460a4.80; dry-salted should
ers, boxed, 44a42a. Short clear sides, boxed,
$4.S5a487 ID. Whiskey, SI26.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, December 2l.--riour frmer with
business checked by advancing prices; winter
nesota patents S3.70a395; Minnesota bakers
S3.O0a3. Is; winter low grades S225a2.45.
Rye flour firm; good to fair SS.2Oa3.35.
Buckwheat flour duh at $500.
Buckwheat quiet at ID.
Corn meal frm, held higher; yellow western
77a78; city --.
rive strong; No. 2, 8la6l 10; State --.
Barley firm; feeding 43a44; mailing 52G58.
Barley malt firm; western G0a7O.
Flax seed steady at $l.10.
Wheat, spot firm; No. red 773; options,
December 74%; March 753s; May ~ ID.
Corn, spot frmer; No. 2, 42ha423e; options,
December II q; May 4l2s.
Oats, spot firner; No. 2, 80 ii; options, dun
but firm
Beef steady; family Sl0aS11 extra mess SS.5Oa
800; beef hams $500; packet $9.b0aSl0; city
extra India mess S15.00a16.00.
Cut meats utll put SIeauyS plcKlGu DSllleS Oh
6; picked shoulders 31aa4; picked hams 6Aa7.
Lard steady: western steamed closed $4,000
So; city -; December closed $3.50, nominal
refined easy.
Pork firm; mess S875a925; short clear
$40. 25a12.25; family Sl0.0001l.00
Butter firm; western creamery 15@2l; do.
factory 12a14 IL; Elgins 2l; imitation creamery
13a17; State dairy 16018; creamery l6a19 1-2.
Cheese firm; large white l04aiO 1-2;do. small
~; large colored 101; do. small IA; light
Skins 6A06 IL; part skins 5%a5 Ia; full skins
2a2B.
Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania 26a27;
western fresh &c; southern 22a25.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys 81. 25a1.50: New York
81 .25a1G2 1-2 Long Island S1b0d1.S7 IL; sweets,
Jerseys, S1.25a2.b0: southern 50a75.
Tallow steady; city 3 9-l6; country 8 l-2a3ss.
Cotton seed oil steady; prime crude II LA
Is; prime crude o mills l3al3 l-2 prime sum-
mer yellow 2la22%; off summer yellow 70; butter
grades 25a27 prime winter yellow 27a27 IL;
prime white 49,
Petroleum steady; refined, New York, $3.50;
Philadelphia and Baltimore S7.45; do in bulk
A.55.
Rosin steady; strained, common to good $1.4oa
1.42 1-2.
Turpentine firmer at 43a43 IL.
Rice firm; fair to extra 4A@6A; Japan 5Aa
ID.
Molasses firm; New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice, 2Sa33.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-p1cked D; other
domestic 4a4 l-2.
Cabbage steady; Long Island 50 4Ja4.OO per 100.
Pig iron dull; southern Sl0.25al1,25; northern
Freights to Liverpool weak; cotton by steam
-: grain by steam -.
Coffee-Options, March $500; spot Rio, quiet;
No. z, invoice Z; No. iobbing 6 IL; mild firm;
Cordova 7s4a15.
Sugar, raw quiet; fair refining 81; centrifu-
gal, Safest, a.; Muscoyado 321; molasses SUI
gar 20; refined quiet; No. 6, 4 7-l6; No. z, AZ;
No. IL, Al; No. H. 1-16; No. 10, 1-l6; No. II,
4; mould A SIS; Franulated 55s: cubes 81.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. I.--Flour duh, un-
changed; western super S2.150250; do. extra
s2.90G3.25; do family S3.5Oa4.00; spring wheat
straight S.35G4.50.
Wheat strong; spot and December ~ 12a72s4
January 725Sa73 May 20; steamer No. 2, red =;
Southern wheat by sample 69a73]S; do. on grade
Corn stgong; spot and December 40%G4l;
December, new or old, 40ha40 1-2; January 50a
40k; February 40haf0M; steamer mixed --;
Southern white corn 37a40; yellow -.
Oats frmer; No. white western, ~ l-2a33;
No. mixed Il 1-2a32
RYE firmer; No. z nearby So; No. western