The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-07

| Cash quotations were as follows;
Flour dull weak; winter straightSk5. 1Oa $4,000
| clear 50. 3G0a340; spring specials Sl.20; hard
| patents S360a8.70; do. soft S3.4OG350; stra1ghts
So. lOa3.30 bakers 81 0a2 GO. Wheat-No spring
| 67a69: No. spring 63G69; No. red 7l672
| Corn-No. 2, IS. Oats No. 2, q 1-2a27%
| No. white 30ha802l: No. 8, white 29Aa 3OA Rye
= No. 2, 554. Barley-No. 2, 4la50. Flax SEED,
No. /, ia Ia. Prime Timothy seed 50 40a2.42 ID
| Mess pork, per bbl S9.95aSl0. Lard, per 100 lbs
| S55Sa5.60. Short rib sides, loose A.73G4.sO;
dry-salted shoulders, boxed, 44a4>s. short
/ clear sides, boxed, S5.05a5.l5. Whlskey' u No.
NEW YORK.
| NEW YORK., Feb. 6.-pIour quiet and weaker:
| the final rally in wheat came too late to help
| -four; winter straights S3.60a3.66: do. patents
| S38la4.I0; Minnesota patents S39Oa4,U; MIN
nesota bakers S3.0Ol325; winter low grades
Rye -four quiet; good to fair s3SOaS.4O.
| Buckwheat flour dull at Sl.90.
! Buckwheat duh at 3d.
Corn meal steady; yellow western S8aa;
Rye firm; No. 2, Sc 1-2; State 9 l-2asO
| Biriey quiet feeding As l-2a47 IL; mailing
| 5Sa6J.
Barley malt steady; western 5sa6s.
| Flax seed steady at $l.10.
Wheat, spot firm; No. red 50 1-2 options,
March 794; MAY rs l-2; July rs.
Corn, spot steady; No. Z. 4S2sai458; options,
March -; May Az; July 427s.
| Oats, spot quiet; No. q, "a l-2; options, dull.
Beef quiet; family slOa$ll; extra mess 81 SS20a
CITY extra India mess $15.00al6.00.
| Cut meats steady; picked bellies 5a524 ;pickled
| shoulders IA; picked hams 7a7A.
Lard firm; western steamed closed S5SJ;
| city -; February closed IS 81 1-2, nominal; re-
Pork steady; mess s975a1O5o; short clear
| S10.50a12.50; family Sl0.50dll,C0.
Butter firm; western creamery 10 l-2al9 DO.
| factory I2a14 Egins 10; imitation creamery
| l3a16 IL; State dairy 1913; creamery -.
Cheese steady: large white 10 1-2; do. small
| tx; large colored 10 ID; do. small tx; light
skins 6AG6 liz; part skins 5@a5 IL; full Skins
| 2a216.
| Eggs finn; State and Pennsv'"anis 10 La
20; " est ern fresh ~ 3; southern ial9A
Potatoes steady; Jerseys Sill l-2sl.o0; New
York S1.25a1.62 Ia; Long Island sll5@2OO;
sweets. Jerseys, $1.25a250: southern 5Oa75.
| Tallow steady; city GIG; country l-2a38.
| Cotton seed oil held with considerable firm
| ness; prime crude 20; prime crude o mills
l3al3 IL; prime summer yellow "A l.t02i; OFF
summer yellow 81: butter grades 29a32; prime
| winter yellow 27a28; prime white 26.
| Petroleum dull; rehned New York, $40;
Philadelphia and Baltimore ".S5; do In bulk
| 81 50.
Rosin steady; strained, common to GOOD
Sl.s0ai 80 H.
Rice firm; fair to extra LIAR; Japan 5a
81.
Molasses firm: New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice, 2Sa33.
Peanuts steady; fancy hand-picked 8; other
domestic 4a4 l-2.
Cabbage dun; Long Island 50 O0a4.OO per 100
Pie iron dull; southern $l0.25alI,25; northern
Freights to Liverpool weak cotton by steam
Coffee-options, March $3.50; May s5.75; spot
Rio, quiet No. 4 invoice hSs No. iobblng
| tx: mild quiet; Cordova 7Aa14
| Sugar, raw firm; fair refining 3zs; centrifu l.
| gal, 96-test, 10; Muscoyado -; molasses sugs
| 3s refined finn; mould A 5A; guanulated i:
cubes =.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md, February 6.-Flour dull
and lower; western super S2.25@2.60.
| Wheat depressed and lower; spot and Feb
ruary i37saI4 March 7I7sa73%; May 76aI6k;
steamer No. 2, red -; Southern wheat by sam
| pie 7007' 1-2; do on grade -.
| Corn fairly steady; spot and February 39ka
3936; March 39sS a39$S steamer mixed -; South
| ern white and yellow corn 81 l-2a40
Oats firm; No. white western, IS l-2a36;
| No. Q mixed 33a33 1-2.
Rye steady No. . nearby Ga; No. . western
63k.