The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-30

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; winter patents S3.5Oa3s0; do.
spring patents S32Oa3.50; stratghts S2.Sa3,oO.
Wheat-No. spring =; No. spring 6S IL
ats; No, red ~; Corn-No. 2, Sl8. oats oats. :
2s1aa29h. Rye-No. 2, "a 1-2a54&. Barley--No 2,
-. Flax seed, No. l, ia. Prime Timothy seed
$500 S5. Mess pork per b6i.' ss.sOa 800 90
sides, loose, S4.7505.0O; dry-salted should
ers boxed, 41a45S. Short clear sides, boxed,
$5.Oja5.l5. Whiskey 81 "a.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, December 29.-Flour steady and
unchanged, but quieter owing to wheats err
straights S3.50a3.65; do. patents S3.65a3.8o
Minnesota patents S3.70sS.95; Minnesota bakers
S8OOa8;25; winter low grades $2 u os %
Rye -four firm; good to fair SS.O0d3.2O.
Buckwheat -four quiet at $l.9Oa20O.
Buckwheat quiet at 54a55.
Corn meal firm; yellow western Sld85;
RIVE quiet; No. 2, l-2a64; State SO.
Barley steady; feeding 45al6; mailing 53G5S.
Barley malt steady; western 6Sa66
Flax seed eady at Sl.1O.
March 77H; May TAI; December "a IL.
Corn, spot weak; No. 2, 44%a441S; options,
May 49,; December 4348.
Oats, spot quiet; No. q 80 IL; options, quiet
Beef steady; family SlOaS11; extra mess $s5oa
900; beef hams $3.50; packet S9.5OaSlO; city
extra India mess $15.00a16.00.
Cut meats firm; picked bellies 556a6; plckled
shoulders 4; picked hams 6Aa7.
Lard firm; western steamed closed 1917 l-2;
city 1925 bid; December closed 1911 l-2 nom
PORK firm: mess 50 5o01O.OO; short clear
s105Oa1250; family S10.2501l.0O.
Butter firm; western creamery 1901; do.
factory 12a14 10; Elgins 21; imitation creamery
I3al7; State dairy 1o018; creamery l5al9 IL.
Cheese firm: large white 10 LIZ; 90. small
*; large colored 10A; do. small TX; light
skins Ga as IL; part skins 51la5 IL; full Skins
Eggs firmer; State and Pennsylvania q 1-2;
western fresh q; southern 23a25
Potatoes steady; Jerseys $l.25a1.5O; New York
81 25aI so IL; Long Island S162 l-202OO; sweets,
Jerseys, S1.25a2.50: southern 5oa75
Tallow steady; city 9-l6; country l-Za32s.
Cotton seed oil steady; prime crude IL LA
IS; prime crude o b mills l3a13l-2: prime sum-
mer yellow 22a221s; off summer yellow 20; butter
grades 25a27; prime winter yellow Naz8;
petroleum steady; refined, New York, $3.50;
Philadelphia and Baltimore %.45i do IN bulk
81 80.
Rosin steady strained, common to good S1.40.
Turpentine firm at As l-2a46.
Rice firm; fair to extra 4%@6A; Japan 5Aa
Molasses firm; New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice, 2sa33.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 5; other
domestic 4a4 liz.
Cabbage steady; Long Island 81 II 1-2a4.OO per
Pi< iron dull; southern SlO.25ai1.25; northern
$40 25a11.75.
-; grain by steam -.
Coffee-Options, December S5.45; JanuaryS5.45
$50; spot Rio, steady; No. z, invoice "a; No.
iobbing ~; mild steady; Cordova 7Aa15.
Sugar, raw IRREGULAR; fair refining 81; CEN
trifugal, 96-test, AZ Muscovado 80 ;molasses SUI
gar ga: refined unsettled; NO. 3, 7-l6; NO.
Z. Az; No. II, Az; No. H. 1851 10, 41-l6; No.
H. 4; mould A 514; Rranulated 5: cubes.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec 20 Flour frmer, un-
changed; western super S2.25G2.50; do. extra
S2gO03.25; do. family S3.50a40O; spring wheat
straight S4.35d4.50.
Wheat unsettled; spot, and December 75a
January 55ha753a; February rs l-2a75A; May
-; steamer No. 2, red =; Southern wheat oy
sample 70a76: do. on grade ---.
Corn easier; spot and December 43a43M;
December, new or old, 40 a43 -; January 424
42ss February 421da42 I-2; steamer mixed -;
Southern white and yellow corn 394a420.
Oats frmer; No. white western, SO 1-2a34;
No. mixed 81 1-2a32.
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