Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-25


Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady. Winter patents So 400
8 so; straights 10000; clear 81 9O@
8 10; spring specials So 1904 90; pat
ent So 1908 So; straights So S0G3 90;
bakers 81 9o02 So; low grade 81 $50
l SO.
Wheat, spring No. 8, 610641ac; No.
2 red, 671a@69c.
Corn, No 2, 9OA oslo: No. 2 yellow
corn, 31@Ac.
Oats, No. 2, 221k@23c: No. 2 white,
25@Mc; No. white, 24h@25c.
Rye, No. 2, SIC.
Barley, No. 2, SS042c.
Flaxseed, No. /, 81 491a; No. 1 new
81 1912.
Prime timothy seed So 95.
Mess pork, per bbl, So 70@10 90.
Lard, per 100 lbs, SIS 1906 25.
Short ribs sides, (loose), s. 1906 40.
Dry sailed shoulders, (boxed), $500
Zee.
Short clear sides, (boxed), S. 45@
5 SIS.
Whiskey, distillers' finished goods,
per gal, $1231s; on basis high wines
per gal, 81 231a.
Sugars, cut, loaf unchanged.
On Produce Exchange to-day the but
ter market was steady. Creameries 16
OPS: diaries 1922.
Cheese firm, 11A@13c.
Eggs firm; fresh, 25c.
PHILADELPHIA, December 23.-
Wheat, steady; contract grade Deem
Der 691a@701ac.
Corn, dull, unchanged; No. mixed
December 37A@371ac.
Oats, steady; No. white clipped
31M @32c; No. do. do. 301a oslo; No
2 mixed do, 291a@29%c.
Potatoes, steady; Pennsylvania
choice 55@5Sc; New York and Western
do. 53055c; do. do. Sair to good 500
SIC. =
Butter, firm fancy western cream
cry 27h@2Sc; do. prints 29c.
Eggs, firm; fresh nearby 21c; do.
southern 1Sc.
Cheese, quiet, firm.
Refined Sugars, steady.
Cotton, no market.
Tallow, steady; city prime, in hogs
heads, 47sc; country do, in barrels,
5@51sc; dark do. 45sc; cakes $40
SIC; firease 3@43sc.
Live poultry, firm but quiet; fowls
5000; old ROSTERS 6@61sc; spring
chickens S09c; ducks and turkeys 90
1Oc; geese 9@9hc.
Dressed poultry, firm, fair demand;
fowls, choice 10c; do. fair to good 90
91hc; old ROSTERS &c; chickens, near
by 9@11c; western do, large 1910
111ac; medium do. 9@91ac; small do.
rose; turkeys, choice to fancy 800
lac; do fair to good 9@11c; inferior
do. 708c.
Receipts-Flour, 600 barrels, and g.
500 sacks; wheat, 1000 bushels; corn,
$4,000 bushels; oats, $4,000 bushels.
SUPERINTENDENT, 1000 bushels;
corn, $4,000 bushels; oats, 1900
bushels.
NEW YORK, December 23.-With
the Produce Exchange, Cotton Ex-
change, Coffee Exchange, Metal Elk
change and other trade centers closed
and the markets in general more or
less in holiday form, business in COM
mercial commodities was practically
suspended, leaving values more or less
nominal at the closing figures Of Fri
day.
In the open market for spot coffee
business was inactive with weak I'M
dertone on the basis of 6a4c for No. 7
Rio, invoice lots, and TIC for jobbing
parcels.
Molasses and syrups were inactive but
nominally steady at former quotations.
Rice was quiet and steady without
change in price.
Sugar was also unchanged in price
with raw dull and refined only moder-
ately active.
Naval stores were slow of sale, clos
ing steady for spirits turpentine, firm
for rosin and dull for tar at unchanged
prices.
Butter strong.
Cheese firm.
Eggs weak.
CINCINNATI, December 23.-Flour,
dull.
Wheat, quiet; No. 2 red zoe.
Corn, active; No. 2 mixed 331s @34c.
Oats, quiet; No. 2 mixed 26@26Ac.
Rye, firm; No. 2, Coo.
\ Lard, quiet at S5.25.
Bulk meats, firm at $40.
Bacon, steady at $625
Whisky, steady at s1.23h.
Butter, steady.
Sugar, quiet.
Eggs, quiet at lie.
Cheese, steady.
LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO, December 23.-Cattle-
Good to choice fat cattle have advanced
about 25c during the week. Closed