The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-25

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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm; spring special S4.10a4.20 hard
patents $3.l0a370; do soft S340a3.50; winter
straights S3.10a3.20; bakers S2.2Oa240. Wheat
red 6sa69 IL Corn--No. 2, 80. Oats-No. 2, "a;
No. white 26 l-2a27; No. 8, white 250
zgl-2. Rye-No. Q, so 1-2. Barley--No. 2, 800
Az. Flax seed-No. 1, 49, Prime Timothy seed
S2.35 Mess pork, per bbl S795aS,0O. Lard, per
IOO 81 81 1-2a5.00 Short rib sides, loose, $5.10a
$40; dry-salted shoulders, boxed, 4]6a4A. Short
clear sides, boxed, S5.80a $40. Whisky, S.2'.
PEW YORK.
NEW YORK, October 2i--Flour strong, held
higher with moderate trade winter stralghts
S3.50a3.60; do. patents S3.75G4.I0; Minnesota
patents &.00a435; Minnesota bakers S3.15a335
winter low grades S2.25a245
Rye -four strong and active at S3.00G3.3O.
Buckwheat -four firmer at 81 .40al.65.
Buckwheat trmer at 42a43.
Corn meal firm; yellow western 70; city IS.
Rye strong No. g. 81; State SO IL.
Barley firm; western choice new mating
AZ 1-2a52 l-2; do. feeding -.
Barley malt frmer; western 55a65.
Flax seed firm at 984.
tions. January -; March 1874; May 75 1-2; De-
cember 774.
Corn, spot firmer; No. 2, 10; options, March
-; November 49,: December $50; May 401.
Oats, spot quiet; No. 2, 20 options dull.
Beef steady; family $950al05O; extra mess
$3.50; beef hams $1850al900; packet S9a9.50; city
extra India mess S14.00a15.00.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies 57Sa7 1-2;
picked shoulders 4Aa4 IL; picked hams TIA
71-2.
Lard steady; western steamed closed S5.37 1-2;
city $780, October closed $5.37 10; refined quiet.
Pork steady; mess S8.7509.25; short clear S1la
1900; family S12.500130O
Butter firm; western creamery 15023; do.
factory II 1-2a14 12; Elgins %; imitation cream
cry BALI; State dairy 14019.
Cheese quiet; large white 1-2; do. small
"a; large colored ga; do. small ~; light
SKINS 6A@6 IL; part skins 5Aa5 IL; full skins
2a2h.
Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania 81; western
fresh 20.
York $l.25a1.75; Long Island S1.50G2.00; sweets,
Jerseys, $I.25a2.00 southern $l.00a1 II IL.
Cotton seed oil steady; prime crude 10; prime
summer yellow % 1-2a23; butter grades 26a27;
Petroleum firm; refined New York, $40;
Philadelphia and Baltimore S735; do in bulk
S485.
Rosin steady; strained, common to good,
81. q 1-2aI. 80.
Turpentine firm at SO 1-2a37.
Rice firmer; fair to extra 45s65; Japan 5.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle,
good to choice, 2Sa33.
Peanuts firm; fancy hand-picked 5; other
domestic 4a4 IL.
Cabbage steady; Long Island 81. OOa3O 90 per 100.
Freights to Liverpool steady; cotton by steam
3Sa39d; grain by steam
Coffee-Options, November S51Oa515; Deem
Der S5.25a5.50; spot Rio, quiet; No. z, invoice
6; No. jobbing 6 I-2 mild quiet Cordova SOILS.
Sugar, raw firm: fair refining 34; centrifugal,
So test, AZ; molassessugar 3 IL; refined firm;
No. 6, 716; MOI, AZ; No. IL, 43s No IL, lis;
No. 10, 1-16; No. IA 4; mould So; granu-
lated 5 cubes 56.
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE, Md, October 24-Flour quiet;
western super S2.3502.70; do. extra $2.9003.25;
do. family S3.5Oa4.0O; spring wheat straight
S435G4.50.
Wheat inactive and irmer; spot, October and
November 76AG76 IL; December 764a762S;
steamer No. 2 red -; Southern wheat by
sample 70a77; do. on grade ---.
Corn strong; spot, October and November
37s66375S; new or old, November or December
81 ha37 10: January 81 4a37 1-2; February 81 1-2
bid; steamer mixed -; Southern white corn
81 I-2; yellow -.
Oats quiet; No. 2 white western, 29d30;
No. 2 mixed q 1-2a28.
Rye frmer; No. 2near-by 500; No. 2 western
573s.