The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-26
CHICAGO, August q.
Opening. Closing.

Flour firm; winter patents S3.l0a3.6l;
d pse 5ngass SPd sSn do p ss's sPt8f
81 S0a3.l0; bakers Sl,20a260. Wheat-No.
spring -; No. spring 6SA@7lA; NO. req
7SAa74. Corn-No. z 49, oats NO NO 90 "a
Rye No. 2, SIS. Barley--No. 2, 33a39 IL. Flax
seed-No. l. Ii6d1l7. Prime Timothy seed S245.
Mess pork, per bbl., S7.60as.s5. Lard, per l0O
lbs, s5l2 LA rs Short rib sides, loose, s5OOa
$50; dry salted shoulders, boxed, 5$t05%.
Short clear sides. boxed. S5.5Oa5.C0' Whlskey
SIPS.
NEW YORK
NEW YoRK, August 2S.--riour dull snd feat
ureless with buyers and sellers fully 1oal5c
apart; winter patents S3.60a3 80; do straight
SS.3on345; Minnesota patents g. Ua3 W; 90
bakers S2.90a3lO; winter extras S240a2.SO; do,
rye four firm; good to fair l2.9OaS1o; choice
Corn Sor meal steady; yellow western 7la7s; city
Rye steady; No. q, western co; state So.
Barley stronger; feeding s71-2a3; mailing 40
barley malt steady; western 55a63
Wheat, spot easy; No. red 77A; options,
May -; september 764; December i9&.
Corn, spot steady: No. 2. 4oh: options, Au-
gust 3g56; September $50; December 35B
Oats. / spot eady; No. ., rs oppons quiet.
Beef steady; family S9.5001l.00; extra mess
s9 beef hams $3.50; packet $s.25s$lO.O0; city
extra India mess Sl4.50al5O0.
Gut meats quiet; picked bellies oS l-4i
pickied shoulders 6; picked hams lOalO l-2.
Lard steady; western steamed S515a5.57 l-2;
city S. August =; refined steadyj to the con-
tinent S5.Sl; compound 4&afA.
Pork Gull; mess Ss75a9.oO; snort cieAr
SIO.25@1I.75; family SI0.0O0ll.00.
IaTlow firm; city 45sa4A; country Ia,
Butter steady; western creamery f@zl;
State dairy l5al9.
Cheese, very firm; large white 9ka92s; do col
ored 91Sa9 Ia.
Kggs steady; State and Pennsylvania EG1S;
western, ungraded l2al5; southern
Potatoes dull; fair to prime Sl.oO0t25;
common b0a75; fancy Sl,hlal.6o; southern sweets
$I.U9al.25.
Peanuts firm; fancy hand-picked 1-aa6 liz;
other domestic I-9ao.
Cabbages dull Long Island sSaSl per leo.
Freights to Liverpool weak; cotton ~ steam
Cotton seed oil dull; prime eude 2ll-2;
crude o mills l7al5; prime summer yellow 2oa
26 IL; off summer yellow % l-2; butter graues
30a3I; prime winter yellow S0a82; prime white
petroleum seady; refined New York, $3.50;
Philadelphia and baltimore N.7b do In oulK
s5.2l
Rosin gu et easy strained, common TO good
$780, ss--sss
Turpentine easy at 4ea4s ~.
Rice quiet; fair TO extra 43Sa7 LIS Japan
Molasses dull; New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice, 32a86.
Coffee-Optlons. September $3.50; December
81 so: March 500; spot Rio dull and easier;
No. invoice 55S; No. jobbing Ga 7; mild steady
but dull; Cordova l-2ail.
Sugar, raw quiet but about steady; fair REIN
ing l5- l6; centrifugal yH-test, ~; molasses
sugar l3- is: refined quiet but steady; mould A
5%; standard A 5A; eonfectioners' 5A; No. 10,
IL; cut loaf So; crushed -; graduated
1-2; cubes 5S.
Muskmelons, Colorado, per case, sl.50a2.'0;
South Jersey, per barrel, 5OaSl25; do half bar
rel, 25a7j.
Watermelons, Maryland, per car load, sl2F a
225; do Jersey S75alzo; do Maryland, per 100,
Sl5a22.00; do Jersey and Virginia s7aSl2.
bAI4TIMOkr.
BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 25.-Elour steady; west
ern super S21502.25.
Wheat dull and easy; No. red, spot and
August 7lAa7l96; September 7lAa7lX; October
75a73h December =; steamer No. red -;
Southern wheat by sample 65GD72 IL; do. on
grade.
Corn tirmer; mixed, spot and August S7Aa
81 1-2; September and October 36 t-2a363z; Mo-
vember or December, new old, 331@333S F.;
January ~; steamer mixed -; Southern white
39aa0; do. yellow
Oats firm; No. white western, new, f7G0
" I-2; No. Z mixed 20 l-2a30.
Rye frmer; No. Q nearby 52a5S; No. west
ern ----.
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