Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-04

! imam on the previous day on n with
ur3wal %, OF bids aud sympathy with wheat.
| Curnmeal-Stoady
| Rye-Easy; No. >. soc.
| Barley-Dull.
Barley Malt-Dun
! w heat-SpOt easy: No red 7J3,c On
| lions opened easy at a ltc decline under
disappointing cables. Influenced later bv
| foreign buying. disturbing crop advices
| from the Northwest. and stronger after
noon cable news. prices recovered, only
| 10 work OF finally under realizing Close
| easy at vase. net decline: September
| closed 1JAc; December closed ne
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2. 37Ac. Options
| opened steady on reports OF too much hot
| weather, apd was later sustained by light
country offerings and very large clear
ances Close easier. with wheat. at a 1sc.
net advance. September closed &c.; De-
cembcr closed 3iLc
Oats--SpOt frmer: No. q 27tbc. Options
nominally steadier
Beef-Steady.
Cut Meats-Steady.
POrk-Firm.
L0rd-Firmer; refined firm.
Buttcr-Quiet. western creamery, lJV
80. State dairy. l3Ql7c.
Cheese-Firm; large white. 9hc
EgSs-steady; State and Pennsylvania,
159l6c.; western ungraded, 10Hl3c.
PotatOes-Quieti fair 10 prime $lQsl5O;
common, 041jc.; fancy, A750$2; southern
sweets $2N&l.
Cabhage-Steady; Long Island. S3Ga.
Cotton-By steam. TO Liverpool 15c.
Cottonseed-Oil-Firm.
Firm.
ROsin-Firm
Turpentinc-S
Rice-FiTm.
Coitee-Options opened steady and UNI
changed 10 points higher, and after a
brief furry of animation around the
opening. became very dull, with narrow
price changes. Investors and the bull
crowd were held I'm check by burdensome
supplies good prospects for a bumper
crop, and sluggish spot demand. while
current low prices tended 10 arrest short
selling. Close quiet and net unchanged.
Sales. 800 bags. including setembor, $i35;
October. S. 10. Spot Rio duh and nominal.
Mild quiet, but about steady; Cordova,
$L50uSll
Sugar-Raw strong and held higher;
fair refining. DC: centrifugal. 50 degrees
test, 4 Site; molasses sugar. 3hc.; re-
fined strong and quite active.
NEW YORK MELON MARKET.
NEW YORK. August 2.-Muskmelons
over-plentiful and pressed for sale at
weak prices. Watermelons still in
heavy condition and dull.
observation-disclosures Gem. and Jennie
Lind, per barrel, sl.2jHIO; do per crate
coo IiSi: do Baltimore. Gem and Jennie
Lind. per bushel basket, 3J0Joc.; do.
MARYLAND. Rocky Ford seed. extra. per
crate. Sl50; fair 70 good, 7jc.mSl25; do.
per carrier. 75cG$l; do. per two-basket
carrier Soc 4; do Sd Ghrl G6roira SOc GSI
and Jennie Lind, per barrel, JOc.@I; per
Watermeions-Per carload, sGoaSOO;
do, per 100, %JnSlA
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. August Sewerage de-
mand for cotton goods on the spot and
fair mail orders. business I'm brown and
bleached cottons checked somewhat by
scarcity Of leading makes. Prices very
firm I'm these. Prints In moderate demand
i'm f3ucies at steady prices. Other prints
steady. with fair sales. Ginghams are
firm throughout Fine dress glnRnalhS
well sold for spring. Woollens and
worsteds for mems wear In good demand
at fair prices.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE. August S.-Flour-Dull
and unchanged.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; spot and the month
7OibG705sc; September. 17sU12c. October.
73Iq7Siac; southern. by sample, 62uI2c.
Corn-Firmer spot the month, and Sep
TENDER. 3jihN3jaic. November or Deem
Der new or Old, 33AW339sc.; southern white
40c asked.
Oats-Dull and easy: No white. 29c.
Rye-Dull: No. near by. 53d53lac.
Sugars rong and unchanged.
Checse-Steady and unchanged
Butter steady and unchanged.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. August 3.--The influence Of |
large primary receipts and lack OF foreign |
demand proved mightier than the reports |
of crop damage I'm wheat to-day. and |
caused a decline Of i1n9sc Everything |
else on the floor showed some degree OF |
strength, corn and oats closing shade |
higher and provisions 5Il2Ec. higher
The leading futures ranged as follows: |
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing |
Wheat No .
Sept. ......s9i40fs 20 694Q9s 69ss
Dec. .......7OizG5s 12is 7lis 7l3s
May .......7r5 % ~ Hss
Corn, No p
Sept. .....30h0is 81 3o7s 30is
Dec. .9s7sG29 29N 231s .
May ......9O az SOsGl5 90 30 as |