The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

March closed S2s4c; May closed 765sc; July
closed 75c.
Corn, spot, steady; No. ,, 44isc: options
displayed early steadiness and reported
llsht country offerings. but finally broke.
with wheat and closed L6Ssc net lower;
. May closed 4O12c; July closed 41Ac.
quiet.
Beef firm; family $lOOOdl5.OO; extra
sne 50 @.o0g9O0; beef hams $3.50: packet.
~ VVa lVVo' city extra India mess. 156Dl6c
CUT meats dun. but steady; picked bellies.
ou0Ac; picked shoulders, 4G4i4c; picked
Mans 6Aq7l5c. Lard easier; Western
steamed So.62ls; February, $500 nominal;
rehned easy. Pork quiet; mess, S9.5O6l0. 90:
snort clear, NO. 5Od125O: family, SlO75a
!i.OO, Butter steady; Western creamery.
ieqzSc' do factory 12Gl4c Elgins. &c: i'm
ltauoh creamery iSsd19c: state dairy. II
vic cheese steady; large white, iOIsc.
Esss steady; state and Pennsylvania, 24c;
western fresh, 23Isc; Southern. 2Sd24c. Po-
ta'oes steady; New York, $l.S7ikd2. 90;
Long Island. N.50G20O; sweets. Jersey.
S--4oGSM Cotton seed oil Quiet bur
steady prime crude 20l2lc: butter grades.
-SQ5zc Petroleum dull; refined. New York.
Wv Philadelphia and Baltimore. S7.35: do
IN Duik' A.So. Rice firm; domestic. fair
. extra A2u7c; Japan. 5m5i4c. Cabbage
oIehed steady at unchanged prices, ruled
quiet and featureless; no outside specuIa-
uoh' ana local traders intimidatei by large
NsiDie supply; selling checked by Euro.
peah and Brazilian cables and smaller re-
celpts at Rio and Santos; closed steady
net Unchanged; sales. $3.50 bags, includ-
ing March, 5.45c; May, 5,6Od5 Csc; spot Rio
ouii' NO. T. invoice, Size; No 4 jobbing.
fc' milo quiet; Cordova, Sal4c. Sugar
raw, firm. fair ra6pfpev &c.
ga So-test, 5-16c; molasses sugar. 3Ssc:
Iebned nrm; mould A, SIC: granulated Sc
chicago, Feb. 1S.--In spite of heavy SELL
ing to-day wheat found ready takers and
after severe struggle May closed at a
deciine OF l4elSsc Corn. oats and provisions
were uheompromisingly weak. closing with
loss oil PC in corn Ssalac in oats. 22Iac
IN pork and l0Ql2lac in lard and ribs.
me leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
Wheat. No. =
May ....727Sa72ls TN n&a77s II a72k
Corn, No. >
May ...S57sass Sc s59sas54 s5h
July 80. S69sQS6A S6ls S57s SO
Sept .....37 81 36i 2eik
Oats, No. p
May .....27A 27& Nst 27ss
July .....25zs 25% 25h 25lS
Mess Pork, per barrel
May SO s7l5 $3.50 500 500
Lard. per 100 pounds
May e. SPY SIS 42Ib 545
July -. 8 65 565 56 b55
Sept =. . Is 5Tla s71b 6714
May s21a s2sh S21a Ass
July e. 5 07la 5O71a 97lb 971b
Sept 5 10 SIS $40 10
Cash quotations we're as follows -Four
quiet and steady; winter patents, SO S0G
$780, straights, 50 .4Od3. 60; clears So 3Od3. 40;
spring specials. $40: patents, 50. 4Od3 20;
straights 50 .00@3 20; bakers, 81. 3OGl2. so; No
yellow corn, 34A G35c; No. spring wheat,
66q7Oc; No. 3 spring wheat, 64a7Oc No. 2
red, 72q721zc; No. 2 corn, 34hG35c; No. 2
oats 2H4q2712c; No. 2 white, S0dS015c; No
white, 2914q2934c; No. rye, 56Ac; No. 2
barley, 4q5l19c; No. l fax seed 81. 16; N
W., N.19Ac; prime timothy seed, 81. 40;
mess pork, per Dbl, 50 .65d9. 20; lard, per 100
lbs, So. S0d5 By; short ribs sides Qoose),
A.55q4. 80; dry sailed shoulders (boxed)
4hq43sc, short clear sides (boxed), 5.O0G
.lOc; whisky, distillers' finished goods per
gal, .26; sugars. cut loaf, 5.7Oc- granulat-
ed, 5.2Oc; clover contract grade, $780, de-
cline of 15c.