Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-22

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Rye-Steady.
Barley-Quiet
Barley Malt-Dul.
Wheat-Spot weak; No. 2 red. Use. OPP
tions opened weak at a &c. decline,
through large Russian shipments and I'M
loading. Heaviness continued all day,
influenced by favorable crop news, a dis
appointing reduction I'm visible supply
figures, and persistent selling for both
accounts. Close weak at a s40lc. net
decline; sales included No. red, Septem-
Der, closed at 76lzc.; December closed at
79hc.
Corn-Spot weak: No. 2, 4lc, (. o. b.
afoat; No. yellow. 393sc. Options open
ed easy. with unchanged prices. with
wheat Liquidation and bearish crop
news prompted sharp afternoon break,
! and closing prices were weak at sc.
| decline in the face of a good export trade:
| August closed at 3Slsc.. September closed
| at 379sc. December closed at S5lsc.
| quiet and easy.
| Beef-Firm.
Pork-Dull.
Cut Meats-Dull.
Lard-Easer; western steamed closed
at 1852; city. $515; August closed at 1872,
nomnally. Refined quiet.
| Butter-Steady; western creamery, 1Ig
2lc.; State dairy, 15d19c.
Cheese-Firm large white. CSC.
Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania,
PotatOes-Steady; fair 10 prime, SD
sl25; fancy, A5oqN75; southern sweets,
| $1.50dSi.75.
Cabbage-Quiet; Long Island. s3dA per
| 100.
Cotton-By steamer 10 Liverpool. 2l2g
| Sc.
Cottonseed-Ol l-Quiet.
Petroleum-F'irm.
Turpentine-Steady.
Coffee-Options opened steady at un-
| QhgnUaI IN decline D 8.
| and ruled inactive, with weak under
| tone, though with no decided further
| change. Weak European cables were or
| set by firm Brazilian cables. Continued
large receipts at Rio and Santos check ID
buying Trading was almost entirely
local. Close quiet and unchanged % )
points lower: sales. 1900 bags, including
September, 1875; December Ass; March
sjO5 Spot Rio dull and easy; No. I. in
voice, 5a4c.; jobbing, 6lic Mild quiet;
| Cordova. 9l2allc
Sugar-Raw nominal, with weak under
| tone; fair refining 4c.; centrifugal, So
degree test. 9-l6c.; molasses sugar, 31sc.
Refined weak and lower.
NEW YORK MELON MARKET
NEW YORK, August H.-Muskmelops
| I'm liberal supply but irregular in quality
and value. Watermelons quiet
| ns-Hackensack, per barrel
Toe .nSi; do. Jersey. Christiana, per bar
rel. 5OcG$l; do. Jenny Lind. c.MA. IS; do
| Hackensack seed, 4OqI0c.i DO Maryland
| Rocky Ford, per crate, 25Q4Oc.; do. Gem
| 40c.Mu. 1900
do. per 100, s6asl2.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET
NEW YORK August H.-Weather very
hot and store trade was interfered with
| to some extent, but a fair days business
was done i'm the aggregate. Brown cottons
| very firm. Bids turned down. in some
| quarters Bleached In fully average re-
| quest with prices firm. Print-cloths In
| active for regulars, but wide ODDS In oe-
mand and advancing. Woollen ana worst
ed dress goods quiet, with prices generally
steady.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
| BALTIMORE, August 21.-Flour-Steady
| and unchanged.
Wheat-Weak and lower; spot and the
month. 7i4s47lAc.; September 121zg'z9se.
ed: southern, by sample, 65472lsc.
Corn-Firm; mixed, spot, and the
| month. 36AmS67sc; September and Octo-
Der. 364036lzc.; November or December.
new or old 33a33isc; January, 334S3isc.
Oats-Firmer; No. white, 26lsqSc.
Rye-Easier; No. 2, nearby, SIC.
Sugar-Strong; coarse and fine granu-
Cheese~steady at 1O14a1ONc.; medium,
10isc
Butter-Firm and unchanged; fancy
creamery 2lG22c.; fancy imitation. la
lsc: fancy ladle, l3Glsc- ~
Eggs-Firm and unchanged; fresh, liza
| l5c. per dozen. -
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. August H.-This was a DAY
| OF liquidation and short selling In wheat
| Improvement in domestic crop conditions,
| large Russian shipments, and poor casn
demand made the ,weaker-kneed .onss
Ia
| dropped s.mrc. for September, on The
improved crop conditions. Deferred III,
| tlfres were not so weak. Oats declined
| sc and provisions 2l2Hl2ic.
| The leading futures ranged as 1oilo"s'
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing
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