The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-04

Cash quotations were rs folloWs:
strsights s3.O0ss.s5; do clear s2.soaa.lO; spring
spring strsishts s2.e6as.oJ; bakers S. ios2 50.
No. Masa red ssa7c 'p co4an-No 81 oass mo
25az5%; No. 2. white -; No. white 2hasSA :.
Rye-No. 2, "a Ia Barey-No. 2, 3S2s4Sk Flax
sseo-No; 81 3d. Prime a. Timothy seed, sz. ioc
lbs, s6.s5as.s2k. Short rib sides. loose, x5.75a
500; dry -satleo shoulders boxed, 63-4a6. Short
clears. sic boxed S5.95s6.0o; whiskey, on basis
OF high wines. sl.2S Ia.
NEW YORK
NEW York, February S-Flour quiet and
easy Minnesota patents S3S5a4.l5: Minneso a
bakers .280a3 90; winter patents $3.6oa3 80; VIM
ter straights, ;winter low grades, sS2Oa
"a.
Buckwheat -four st ady at $1.75a2.00.
Corn meal quiet; yellow western 10; city ~;
RYE steady; No. q, western go l-2fo af1oat.
Barley q-iet; feeding AZ l-42a47 Ia; mating
BARLEY malt dull; western 55ae5.
Wheat spot frmer; No. red rs; options,
March 76k; Nav "a ga; July TAX.
Corn. spot firm; No; 2 40; options May, 80 II.
inactive aud steady with corn.
Beef dull; famiIy SILICON 1900; extra mess,
sl0.0Cal0.50; beef hams s2O.o0a2l.OO; packet
Ont meats firm; picked bellies ea78; picked
shoulders 6; picked hams 8 1-2al0 Ia.
Lard easy; western steamed Sc. 25; February
$3.50. nominal; refined quiet; to the continent
Pork steady; mess S10.50s1l.00; short clear
S1l.75alz.75; family Sl3.000a18.50.
Butter firm; western creamer 2l@25; fac
tory 16alsa; imitation creamery lsaio; State
dairy 18a25.
Cheese st ady; fall made, fancy, small, IL S-4a
ID; ia made, large, ~ 3-AalS.
Eggs easy; State and Pennsylvania l7hi west
unVr200d at mark. l4Al8.
Potatoes steady; New Jerseys Sl.25sl. 70; New
York $I.o0al.7o; Long Island sl.o0a20o; New
Jersey sweets si.50as.oO; southern sweets
Tallow strong; city 81; country 5xa5k.
Petroleum steady; refined New York, $3.50;
Philadelphia and baltimore 1885; do In bulk
Rosin firm; strained. common 10 good,
1892 liz.
Turpentine strong at IS 1-2a5s.
Rice steady; domestic, fair TO extra sac;
aelasses steady; New Orleans open KETTLE
Cabbage steady; Long Island AOOas6oo per
Freights to Liverpool steady; cotton by steam
rs; do. grain IA.
Coree-Options, March 81 Is; May ss.25a7: 20;
Februsry s7.O5a7.i5; April 81 2oa7.a0: spot Bio
n ominal; No. invoice l-2: No. z jobbing 81;
mild teadier; Cordova skai2k:
Sugar, raw, firm; fair refining, d centrt-
fugsi s6-test, 7-l6; molasses sugar Ss-4 bid;
renned firm; mould A 5.45; standard 4.So;
cut loaf 9-l8; crushed 9-16; powdered Ia;
mould A, 7-l6; grsnulated 5.l5; cubes s. Is.
Cotton seed oil firm and perhaps shade
higher on fair d maud and strong southern
news. Prime ciudr. barrels So i-2; prime sum
mer yellow 81 l-2; off summer yellow nominal;
butter grades 38aS9 nominal; prime winter
yellow 39a40; prime white &c. prime meal S24.I0.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE Nd, February 3.-Flour steady;
western super S2.26a2. IS; do extra s'.40a290.
Wheat firmer;spot and month 72s72 IA; Mar.
70 bid; southern wheat by sample 65a7s.
Corn strong and higher; spot and month, Blk
a37H; March 37na5>s: Southern white corn
and vel ow cVrn 371.a3Sh.
Oats firm: No. Q white western. 31a8l IL;
No. 2 mixed 29a29 1-2.
Rye steady; No. 2 nearby 81; No. western
SO.
Cheese firm, firm; large lSalSK; medium
l3ka13,. small l3kal3x
Butter firm; fancy creamery 25a26, fancy
creamery imitation, 22a24; do. ladle 20a2l; do.
good lad,e 40; store packed 16a1S rolls 17a2l
Eggs firm; fresh &c. per dog.
Sugar firm; unchanged. Coarse and fine
granulated $3.50.