The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-16

Cash quotations were as follows
Flour dull winter patents S3.S0a9.90; dc.
straights S. t0a3.oU: do cleai S}.Ha340; spring
specials $40; hard patents, S60a3.70; do. soft
S3.4O0 $50; straights 3.Ca340; bakers S240a2.60
10; No. 2 red 7II Corn-No. Z, 37h@
372l. Oats No. 2, %; No. white 30Ana0M !:
No. 8. white Z9s4a30A. Rye No. 2, 30 l-2 Bar
ieyS1 1a a5 X = rdx Sggd Ness No I
bbl., s9.s5a99O. Lard, per 100 lbs S5.47 12a5.50.
Short rib sides, loose, S.70a490; dry-salted
shoulders, boxed, 4Aa4a. Short clear sides,
boxed, S5.05a5. 5. Whiskey, 81 D.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. l5.-rlour inactive and
nominally easier; winter straights S3.60a3 J;
do. patents S3.7aa4.00; Minnesota patents s3.9'a
40; Minnesota bakers S3.OOa8.25; winter low
grades S2.2Aa2.45.
Rye -four dull; good to fair s3.25a335
Buckwheat flour neglected at Sl.90.
Buckwheat dull AZ IS
Corn meal steady; yellow western 1904;
clIV
Rye ste 10y; No. 2. 65 10; State so.
Barley quiet feeding l61-2a4S mating Sc liza
g.
Barley malt quiet; western G0a70.
FAX seed s eady Mt Sl.I0.
March S29q; May ia; July 355S.
corn, spot Fl m; No. Z. 437.a45A; options,
March -; May 4ls6; July 42A.
Oats, spot strong No. 2. 8, IL; options dull.
Beef duh; faniIy sl0aSll; extra .ness So.0Ja
900; beef hams $3.50; packet S9.10aSlo; city
Cut meats dull but firm, picked bellies ha5A ;
picked shoulders q al IL; picked hams 7a7 u.
Lard dull; westerns steamed $50 city $40;
February closed S5.9F nominal refined st ady.
Pork dul; mess ~ otto lU20; snort clear
S10.b0aI2.50; family Sl0.75d 1l.O0.
Butter firm; western creamery 17d21; do.
factory / / I-2al4; Elgins Is; imitation creamery
/ tals State dairy I5G23; creamery -.
Cheese firm; large white 20 IL; do. small
llallA; large colored 10 ID; Dc. small llall14
light skins sa9; part skins 1ao
Eggs firm; state and pennsylvania 29a29 L.:
western fresh 20; southern 29a30.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys SLIP 1-2a1.50; New
York s1.25a1.50; Long Island $50 G2O0; sweets,
Jerseys, SL25aZ.50; southern Scars
TalIow steady; city 9-l6; country l-2a3S.
Cotton seed OH nrin; prime crude 20a20 IL; do.
crude o b mills l3a13 l-2; prime summer yell
81; prime winter yellow 3la3l; prime white 26.
Petroleum dull; refined New YORK, si.4U;
Philadelphia and Baltimore s7.35; do in bulk
S. 50.
Rosin steady; strained, common to good
fl.a0aI 81 IL.
Turpentine steady at 45a45 l-2.
Rice firm: fair to extra 1-2a7; Japan 5.
Molasses frm New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 2sa23.
Peanuts steady; fancy hsnd-picked 5; other
domestic 4a4 IL.
Pr iron dull; southern Si0.25all.25; northern
S1025all.75.
Freights to Liverpool weak; cotton by steam
10; grain by steam ~
Coffee Options March -; Msy $3.50; spot
Rio, dull and nominal; No. :, invoice IL;
No. ioboing Z: nuld dull; Cordovs 7Aal4.
Sugar, raw quiet but ste3dy; fair refining
1916; centrifugal 96-test, 4 o-l6; Muscoyado
-; molasses sugar 4 3 81 10: refined steady;
mould A 5A; eSranulated 5: cubes
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md, February 15.-Flour dull
and unchanged; western super S2.2502.t0.
Wheat easy, spot and Feb uary 74S070A;
March IS l. a75A; May 7dA a77 steamer No. 2,
red -; Southern wheat by samI IL 7ta75 IL;
do on grade -.
Corn easy; spot and February 3sAa38%;
March 395aa39}s; April 392ss May -; steamer
mixed -; Southern white and yenow corn Il
a394.
Oats firmer; No. white western, IS l-2a37
No. 2 mixed 1898 1-2.
Rye steady; No. nearby 6 a6l; No west
orr s