Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-15
Cash quotations were as follows:

vow, StIdiSHtS p@.oVUo DIV,
$2.20@240.
Wheat, No. spring 691sc; No. 8
spring 66@6Sc; No. 2 red 71k@72c.
Corn, No. 2, 334c; No. 2 yellow 80 &c.
Oats, No. 2, 61a@27c; No. 2 white
soc; No. white 2SA @2sAc.
Rye, No. 2, SOC.
Barley, No. 2, 361A@41c.
Flaxseed, No. /. $1.05; new $1O7.
Timothy seed, prime S2.35.
Mess pork, per barrel S8.25@S.30.
Lard, per 100 pounds S5.021s @5.05.
Short ribs, sides Qoose), $4.55@4.So.
Shoulders, dry sailed (boxed), 4AW
41ac.
Short clear, sides (boxed), s4.90@5.0O.
Whiskey, distillers' finished goods per
gallon S1.26.
Sugars, cutloaf unchanged.
Glover, contract grade $J.35.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the
butter market was steady; creameries
12@17c; diaries 10@14c.
Eggs, steady; fresh 11&c.
Cheese, weak; creameries 10k@11c.
New York, May 13.-Flour, dull and
lower to sell; winter patents $3.50
400; winter straights $3.5003.60; Min
nesota patent $4,000 90; winter extras
$260@3.10; Minnesota bakers $3.50
$40; winter low grades $2.45@2.55.
Rye flour, dull; good to fair $1,000
3.15; choice to fancy $3.20@5.4o.
Corn meal, quiet; yellow western
S4@85c; city S5@S6c; brandywine
s2.05@220.
Rye, dull; No. western 66c f. o. b.
afioat.
Barley, slow; feeding 41@42c; malt
ing 47050c elf Buffalo.
Barley malt, dull; western 55@63c.
Wheat, spot weak; No. 2 red Size;
spot 775sc elevator; No. 2 red S07sc to
arrive f. o. b. afioat; No. 1 northern
Duluth dull at 1850 o. b. afloat to
arrive. Options opened easier on de-
moralization in stocks, but promptly
recovered on drouth news from Rou-
mania and cold weather in the north
west. In the last half hour the market
broke again On rumors of rains in Rou-
mania, closing weak at 5s@Ac; May
closed at 763sc; July 74M@755sc,
closed at 747sc; September 1874 @745sc;
closed at 73Ac; December 745s @75Ac:
closed at 745sc.
Corn, spot weak; No. 2, 4034c f. o. b.
afioat to arrive. Options opened steady
and was inclined to show firmness on
an absence of selling pressure. The
market finally eased off with wheat and
closed weak at A@3sc decline. May
39@39Sac; closed at 39c; July 1895 @39c.
Oats, spot dull; No. 2, 311sc; No. 8,
301ac; No. 2 white 35c; No. ) white
34c; track mixed western 31@33c;
track white 34039c. Options dull.
Hay, steady; shipping $4,000; good
to choice 70@S212c
Hops, quiet; state common to choice
1896 crop 6@7c; 1897 crop 1@13; 1898
crop 16@17c. Pacific coast 1896 crop
6@7c; 1897 crop 11@13c; 1898 crop
1701Sc.
Hides, firm; Galveston 20 to % lbs.
161a@17c; Texas dry "a to 30 lbs, 1914
@13c; California 81 to 25 lbs, 1S1ac.
Leather, steady; hemlock Buenos
Ayres light to heavyweights 20h0
211ac; acid 22c.
Woods, steady; domestic 17@22c;
Texas 11@14c.
Beef, steady; family s9.5O@11oO;
extra mess $500; beef hams $780,
packet $9.50@1000; city extra mess
S14.00@15.50.
Cutmeats, steady; picked bellies
4@6c; picked shoulders 4A@4hc;
picked hams 75s@S1Ac.
Lard, steady; western steamed $3.50;
refined steadier; continent $5.55@5.70;
compound 45s@4Ac.
Pork, steady; mess SS.25@9.O0; short
clear S1O.25Q12.00; family S1050@11.00.
Cotton seed oil, neglected but mod
ct Of nj r,rian
crude 21c; prime crude +. o. b. mills
.17Q19c; prime summer yellow 25hc;
off summer yellow 25c; butter grades
3OQ32c; prime winter yellow 30Q32c;
prime white 30@31c
Butter, strong; western creamery
15@1Sc; do factory 11h@13c; imita-
ton creamery 1212@14c.
Cheese, old steady large white
111ac; small white 111ac; large colored
11hc; small do 11hc; new cheese
steady; large 91a@95sc; small $40
912c.
Eggs, strong; western fresh 13@14c;
southern Hobo.
Tallow, firm; city 41sc; country 4A@
41ac.
Petroleum, dull; refined, at N. Y,
$685.; Philadelphia and Baltimore
$500; do in bulk $40.
Rosin, easy; strained common to
good s1.47h@1.5O.
Turpentine, quiet at 42@42hc.
Rice, firm; domestic fair to extra
4ss@7c; Japan 4a4@5Ac.
Molasses, firm; New Orleans open
kettle coed to choice 32G36c.
Coffee, options opened quiet at an
changed prices, ruled inactive and nom
inal, entirely without speculative in
terest and local traders watching Wall
street; rather weak undertene follow
ing unsatisfactory cables and slack spot
demand; closed steady net unchanged.
Sales 500 bags, including December
5.70c. Spot coffee, Rio dull: No. Z in
voice 6ssc; No. Z jobbing csc, market
mild; Cordova S@13c
Sugar. raw steadier in tone; fair re,
filming 4isc; centrifugal 1876 tesr 4Ssc;
molasses sugar &c; refined quiet but
firm; No. s. 4 11-16c; No. Z, 45sc: No. S,
9-16e; No. 9, 412c: No. 10, 1 7-l6c;
No. II, 43se: No. u, 4 5-16e; No. 10,
41zc; No. IA. 4Ac; mould A, 5ssc;
standard A, SAC; confectioners' A,
SIC; cutloaf 57sc; crushed 57sc; pow
dered SIZE; granulated 5ssc; cubes
size