Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-28
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Aug."...... 30 3OaB 2yf W
Sept......... 80 oOafs lbis oV
Dec ......... 3Oa1s 3Os ~ .srss
May........ 32ss 3@S S%4 S~3s
0ATs-No. 9.
Sept......... 1871 1?tS 1904 tets
hay"....... III ~ - -
MSS PoRK-Per Dbl
Sept. $3.50 sS.S5 $3.50 $3.50
9 0sc s ss9is $50 ss7s s.sSn
LARD--Per l00lol
Sept........ 1910 s5.l2x s5.07ls s9.l2ts
0ct"......... 5.,,2ss 2'l5ye s s.lz~t i9ats
SHORT RI8s-Per 100 lbs.
Sept .......s5 l7l6 s5.e5 s511S $a25
oct......... 5.17ta 5.2o S.l7ss 90
Cash quotations were as follows: No;
yellow corn, 30 5-4Q5lc. Flour STEADY.
No. . spring wheat, 63d65c.; No. ) spring
wheat. 6l0eSc.; No. 2 red. 69c. No;
corn. 80 l-4Q30 1-2c. No. oats, ~ sic.
No. 2 white. 23d24 1-2c No. , rye, Ale.
No. 2 barley, 4ic. No. fiaXseed, - lie;
new. 81 1-2c. Prime timothy seed, so IL.
Mess pork. per barrel. SS.S5dSS.9O. Lard,
per 100 pounds. &.lGQSjl2 l-2. Short-rio
sides, loose, SSg$5.35 dry salted Shout
ders. boxed Aj0qA75; short-clear sides,
boxed, S5.50G@.60 Sugars-Cut-loat I'M
changed. Butter firm; creamery l3ql7c.'
GARY Ral1c. Eggs, fresh, lie. CHEESE
unchanged
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. August III =. Mot
ton-Spot, retail demand; prices higher;
American middlng, fair, Bid; good mid
ding, I'D. low middling. 3-l6d. good
ordinary, 3 l3-32d. ordinary, 2-S2d
The sales of the day were. 5000 bales,
Of which 300 bales were for speculation
and export, and included 300 bales Amer
lean; receipts, none.
Futures opened quiet, with a moderate
demand, and closed barely steady; Ameri-
can middling -middling clause, Au-
gust. 3 l5-64d. buyers: August and Sep
TENDER, 3 ll-Gid3 lj-6ld., sellers; Septem-
Der and October, l2-6ld.. sellers; Octo-
Der and November l0-6403 ltd. SELL
ers: November and December, l0-6id,
sellers; December and January, Sl0-6ldy
sellers January and February, lO-6ld,
sellers February and March. l0-6ip
3 ll-6id., value; March and April. ltd,
buyers; April and May l2-64d, value;
May and June, l3-64d., sellers.
NEW YORK, August H.-COtton-Quieti
middlng, Bic; net receipts, none; gross
receipts, l6I bales; forwarded, l5i bales;
sales LIZ bales spinners, S& bales;
stock, 53OS2 bales.
Totals to-day Net receipts, Abs bales:
exports-to Great Britain. 1851 bales; 70
the Continent, 2,03 bales; stock, Il'2'f
bales.
lOkdlS since september ISL vet IT,
ceipts. S.j55GOi bales; eXports-tO Great
Britain, 3.52S333 bales; to France, Sl5,OS2
bales; TO the Continent, 3.0O56lj bales.
The cotton market opened steady, with
prices l to points higher. and further
improved slightly on covering by shorts,
which was due to reports Of less favor
able crop and weather conditions In the
cotton belt much smaller receipts than
early estimates called for and steady
cables from the English markets. Specu'
lation was exceptionally slow pretty much
oil through the short session, the bear
crowd fearing TO hammer the market In
the face OF the less favorable crop news
and heavy short interest already accu-
muated while the bull contingent lacked
the courage Of their convictions, in view
OF the slack interest Of outside specula-
tors.
Yellow-feve. talk cut little figure as an
influence dispatches stating that the
scare in Galveston was unfounded, the
suspect OF yesterday having typhoid
fever. instead OF yellow jack
The late market was inactive and fea-
tureless. with. the close steady AZ net
unchanged prices 10 points higher. spot
closed quiet, middling upland, 3-ic.; mid
ding Gulf, &C.; sales, LIZ bales. including
rs bales for export, and OF ~ bales 20
SINNERS Port receipts estimated for the
dav at 4O00 bales, against ], ll5 bales last
week, and 957l bales last year For the
week. 81 900 bales; against 202l2 bales last
week. and 49,7f3 bales last year. At Menu
phis, IS bales. against bales last year.
and at Houston, 23Y bales, against 4,io'
bales last year.
cotton futures opened steady; August.
$3.50. September. t5.52, October S.5s; No
yember, Sj6l; December, 1854; January,
S6S; February. $5.6S; March, $40; APRIL
$50: May, 1888; June, $50
Futures closed steady; August, 500;
September. $5.5i; October, S.JS; November,
sci; December 1874; January sos; Feb
ruary, s5.72; March, 1910, April, S.iy; May
Cotton-spot quiet; middling Gulf. &c;
middling uplands, 65-ic.; sales LIZ
NEW ORLEANS. August Election
futures barely steady; August, N.3 bid;
September, J.HQ$j23; October, S.2GS52li
November, &.27HE.2S; December $3.50
s.32; January $!3 s5l.,35 February
NAVAI-STORE MARKETS.
SAVANNAH, GA, August H.-SpIrits
Of Turpentine-Birm at &c; sales, 40
Rosin-Firm and unchanged; sales, 2,o3i
20 G'HEfAi'RLEsTON, S. c., August 27.-Tur-
pentine-Firm at 2Gc. sales, none.
Rosin-Firm and unchanged; sales,
WILMINGTON. n. c.. August n
Spirits of Turpentlne-Firm at 2GHA lie
receipts, 1l6 casks.
Rosin-Firm at 81 and $Loj; receipts, 81
barrels.
Crude Turpentine-Firm at st10 and
81 .6O receipts, II barrels.
Tar-Steady at $40; receipts. 1l2 barrels.
PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET.
PETERSBURG, August N.-(SpeciaL)-
Market very quiet. with light receipts
ana offerings Quotations: Common 70
medium Jugs $3.50 20 81 good 20 fine Tugs.
"a 10 to s. 50; poor short leaf 81 10 s.; fair
IN GOOD short leaf. s. 10 $50, medium TO
vood wrappers, so 10 sl25o: good 20 fine
Wrappers, Sl4 10 S2j. No shipping Offering,
and none TO come 10 market.
SUFFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
SUFFOLK. VA, August T.-(Spcclal) J.
pond-plcked. fancy. 4l-2c.; extra, 1850. /;
Virginia shelled, No I, 31-2c.; No. e.
ai-tc.: Spanish rhelled, No. I, 4l-sc. I:
Terners' stock, fancy, 3l-2c.; prime,
ga 70 &c: farmers Spanish. rs 10 soc
bushel.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK, VA, August H.-(Special)-
peanuts-Farmers' market quiet: fancy.
ss-Ic.. strictly prime, lie: prime, ~
Si-tc.: common. zQ3c.; Spanish. 7Oc. Light
demand for all grades
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET
PETERSBURG. August T.-(Special)--
virginias quiet at l-fc. for good stock:
spanish, no sales; buyers and sellers
apart.