Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Chicago Dec In the wheat pit was vas bearish for the day Many ot of the bIg holders wore were discouraged aged by the days statistics and sold heavily during the earlier carUer part of th day ThIs selling was later augmented by free offerings from commission houses and local traders A number ot of bUlls gave e t to the tho market late In the tho day and mat materially chocked the decline At the opening the market was depressed by reports of a decline at t Liverpool oot and by the tle largo large increase in stocks at Later there came camo messages from th the southwest reporting the tho crop outlook as excellent A trade paper in Cincinnati declared that ong surrounding wheat ave rarely it ever been equalled at att t Is ceason Bon ot of the tha rear year Primary receipts continued large th May option opened tr to lower at 8 to tG 8 and sold oft off to A more lively de demand demand mand ensued late in the day active bId ding being made by shorts This with the th demand from the bull side caused us a rally in May to where it d u otto off ottoA offA A bulge or of per bUShel In the frie of December corn covering coveri by shorts In that tic e livery The volume of trading WM Wa not l large rge B of wheat ha some Bome effect on the May thAt livery easing ellIng ot off a trine trifle lat In the day May lay closed at t a 1088 or of k The feature ot of trading In oats was an advance of n 1 ceat A a bushel In III th the price ot of the December r dellver duo eu chiefly to covering by local shorts May Ma closed unchanged at were easier ler of at a 0 de decline d dine cline ot of in the price ot of live hogs Soiling same earns chiefly ohlen f from rom local packers At the clone Ma pork was off ott fie Sc lard and ribs were each down The tutu res ranged as follows 2 Open I high Low rec May St 2 I Open I J Low Dec o 47 47 Dec n 45 May 44 44 44 44 4 I Open Lew Ci Cilea lea 1 May 2182 1 30 MESS I Open 1 I Liw I Cbs Jan 1850 itt 1840 May 1870 l lbs I Open I I Low Jan May July 1 Open I high Law Jan 5 May 46 iash were as 2 spring 35 No 3 30 84 No 2 red 2 No 2 yellow 2 No 2 white 34 No 3 1 Z reading fair to malting Flax 1 Los No 1 northWest em Timothy Mess bbl lbs Short loose Short boxed of high wines grade 1300 Articles Rae IShip ur barrels Wheat bushels Corn bushels Oats bushels Rye bushels Bailey bushels |