Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-29

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Rye Tlour-Firm.
| COrnmeai-Steady
Rye-Firm: No western, 52lac.
Barley-Steady.
Malt-Quiet.
Wheat-Spot weak; No. red 75c. OPP
! lions opened firm at a re. advance on
| higher cables. then subsequent weakness
and active declines We're Influenced oy
heavy September liquidation, and reports
that new wheat was arriving freely al
Duluth. The close was easy in spite or
heavy export rumors, at a AWlc. net de-
| cline. May closed S02sc.; September
closed 74isc.; December closed 77kc.
Corn-SpOt weak; No. 2. 99hc. Options
opened steady and unchanged. and eased
off with wheat during the day. being intiu-
creed as well by bearish crop news.
Close easy at partial Nc. net decline.
May closed S5@35lsc. August, SSl2c.; Sep
TENDER, &Ac.
2Sc. Options quiet.
Beef-Firm.
Lard-Firmer; western, $3.50; refined,
frmer
Pork-Dul but firm.
C0ttOnseed- Oil-Easy.
PetrOleum-Steady.
ROsin-Quiet.
Turpentine-Easy at i7@6lac
Butter~Dun but steady; imitation
y.
Cheese-Quiet; large white. l0Iac.
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania, II
MlSc.
Potatoes-Dull; fair to prime. 81 .2Oa$l.2 %;
fancy white. Sl40a$le5; Southern sweets,
SL d,aS; Jersey sweets. GASES.
Coffee-Options opened steady at UNI
changed prices TO a decline of ; points.
and ruled active. with local parties in
control. September notices were issued
n laapG lftt Col int
hands. Heavier receipts checked buying.
and caused a barely steady undertone
Close steady and unchanged TO points
lower. Sales. 90.500 bags. including Sep
TENDER. 1890 october. $40; November.
N45; December, $3.50: January, $i15. SDOt
Rio dull and nominal; mild quiet but
about steady.
Sugar-Raw steadior. with increased de-
mand fair refining 2 l5-l6c: centrifugal.
~ degree test, iAc. bid; molasses sugar.
l3-l0c Refined quiet and easy.
NEW YORK MELON MARKET
NEW YORK. August 2S.-Fancy musk
melons a shade firmer. but market bur
dened with poor stock. which drags at
low and irregular figures. Watermelons
in heavy supply and ,ower.
Muskmelons-Rocky Ford Colorado, per
case, Sl4S: do, Jersey seed J0c.H$l; do,
Hackensack. per barrel. 7jc.HSl; do, Jer-
sey seed. 40d60c; do, Jersey. Christiana.
t0c.4N; do, gem, I5c;HA.50; do, Jenny
Lind tOc.4S125.
Watermelons-Mar per carload,
SlOOaSl15; DO. Jersey. S50aSlO0; do, Mary
land. per 100, Sl2HSl6; do, Jersey, SJGSl2;
do, Virginia. S6dSl2.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, August 2S.-More business
doing I'm staple cOttons with demand for
prints improving. Strong tone i'm brown,
bleached and coarse cOlOred cOttons.
further advances being reported and the
Of ~ pVI
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, August .S.-Flour-Quiet
and unchanged.
Wheat-Weak and lower: spot and the
month, 69lzd6sssc.; September, 693. a697sc
october, 7lAMTi2c.: December, 7fc; south
ern. by sample. 63071c.
Corn-Easy mixed, spot and the
month. 368nB7sc.; September, 352i dSoc.
October. S5S,GS6c.; November or Deem
Der, new or old 33G334c.: January, 32i5I
S3c.; southern white corn. 4Oc.
Oats-Firm; No. ? white, new, 27Q27lAc.
Rye-Oull; No. 2, near by, SIC, nomi-
nally.
Butter--Firm and unchanged; fancy
creamery. 2ln22c.; fancy imitation, Ia
iIisc.; farcy ladle, 1J4l6c.; store-packed,
l2alic.; rolls, 12ul2Ac.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged; fresh, MA
loo. per dozen.
sugar-Strong and unchanged; coarse
and fine graduated. $3.50.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged; large,
i1allhc.; medium, lll2ql4c. small, ll3.
Ql2c.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, August 2S.-A heavy increase
In the arrivals OF new wheat I'm the
Northwest was taken advantage OF by
the elevator people and professional
bears to-day, to force wheat down, and
the market closed weak at about a Iac.
decline September corn was weak. on
renewed liquidation, but closed &c. lower.
The more distant futures closed about
&c. lower. Oats declined &c. for De-
cember and closed unchanged Tor Sep
TENDER Provisions closed unchanged TO
INC. higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
Wheat. No. 2