Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-14
THREE CENTS.

! IHE CITY Retail. MARKETs-Tbe ro+oit r,. l..
u tne city contained good supply of produce b+[
on saturday morning and evening Tho s,,,,I -
vegetables was particularly large though tke ra+o
demanded gave evidence of but little decline :;
prices. In the meat market no material chance has
peeh hotieed within the past month that article
| maintaining almost uniform price
| Beef sold from 2593O cents; Mutton 2oa25 oou.-.
Spring Lamb now that green peas are in sooso-
| much IN demand and commanding good prices: hind
quarters sold from $150 to S225 fore-quarters from
$l.25 to $21O; Veal 1920 cents; Pork 90 cents Ham
| SO@935 cents; Lard, Is cts.
| VcgetoJLeS-New Bermuda Potatoes are yettinp
somewhat plentiful but still demand an exorbitapt
price, $1.25 per peck being the price asked Green
Peas sold from 65 to 70 cents peck This article of
luxury at the present season is getting more album
dant, and will be sold at moderate rates; Early
York Sprouts, 50 cents per peck; Kae do 3O94O cts;
Asparagus, 2@30 cents per bunch; Lettuce SOLO cts
per head; Irish Potatoes 405O cents per peck: Rad
| ishes, SOLO cents per bunch
Butter Is declining somewhat in price: n good uuaI-
lty Of printsold for 7075 cents per pound roll do So
| @6O cts; Eggs % cts per doz.
fruH-Apples, 6Og75 cents per peck. Strawberries
are becoming plenty good supply being offered and
SOLD at from 40 TO 90 cents per quart though they
could be had for lower rates at late hour on Satur
day night
fish-The fish marketwas well stocked with prices
| reasonable-Shad 25@50 cents per pair; large Rock
Sl5OGS2 each; small do, 25@50 cents per bunch.
Perch, % cents bunch; Catfish 20 cts per dozen
A New AND EXTENSIVE ENTERPRIsE-Tbe spirit
Of enterprise abroad in the mercantile community
continues to manifest ITSELF despite the unsettled
state OF the political affairs of the country and Bal
tmore is rather slowly but surely approximating to
that degree of Importance as a commercial and man
ufacuring centre to which her geographical position
entities her. Another step in this direction is tbe
recent inauguration of an extensive establishment
on BuchaDans wharf, from Nos SO to 81 inclusive
by Messrs. Fink, Shurtz, McSherry & Co., known as
the Merchants Sugar Refinery for the purpose of
making good grade of brown sugar from Cuba and
other mOlasses. 1t has now been in operation for
about two weeks, and has met with most unexpected
encouragement. They have three brick warehouses.
one three and the others four stories in height with
a front of about 100 feet and depth of 70 feet the
entire ground frontal of which is owned by
them-measuring about 200 feet. The most i'm
proved machinery has been introduced and the entire
establishment is under the superintendent of Mr.
John Harley, experienced and skilful refuer
The machinery driven by two engines, of 35 horse
power each; the beam engine was manufactured by
A. y W. Denmead Sons, of this city, and the hor-
iZontal engine by Merrick i Sons, of Philadelphia
II is estimated that the establishment can consume
80 hogsheads Ofmoasses per day. producing 70 barrels
of sugar of excellent quality, at reasonable price
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besides LOO gallons of good syrup. The process of
refining is remarkably interesting to the uninitiated
and brief description may be acceptable. The raw
mOasses is hoisted to the second floor and is poured
into receiver which passes into large iron pan on
the first hoor heated by seam so as to cause all the
impurities to rise to the surface, when they are
skinned off; it is then drawn up into another large
iron pan which kept at regular temperature when
it is boiled to certain consistency, after which it is
drawn off into iron and after cooling passed into
mixer" thence is discharged into ten iron cen
trifugas which make 900 revolutions per minute
from which the syrup is expressed and passes out
into q receiver, whence it is barreled for market
the sugar remaining in the centrifugal" 1t is re-
moved thence by hand passed through u sieve in
order to remove any heavy Jumps. after which it is
ready for sale. The immense boiler of the establish
Ineut. which built by Bentley & Co.. of this city,
is located in shed outside the main buildings so as
to avoid any disastrous result in case of accident
The centrifugals, air pumps, sugar pans &C., were
manufactured by Merrick IL Sons. of Philadelphia
Upon the WHOLE it is a cOmmendable addition to the
manufacturing interest of Baltimore, and will doubt
less. receive the patronage it merits There is but
one sugar refinery south of BaltimOre-at Richmond
but it is not now in operation.
VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCEs.-A number of parties
were fined by Justice Showacre, Saturday. for
violations of various city ordinances Conrad Mil
lor, for violating a health ordinance, s. and costs.
Frederick Foy for refusing to obey an order of the
Board Of Health, $40 and costs; George NJ Baker for
obstructng the footway, 81 and costs; L. Wnderbauer
and Thomas Curtis, for immOderate driving, 81 and
costs each; Timothy ODonnell, Jr.. and SamI Bar
kerr cOOred, for throwing stones 81 and costs each
and Isaac Settlers. colored for driving through Lex
ington market during market hours, 50 and costs
Elias Johns W. Bailey, Frank Johns and George
Savage, all colOred were yesterday fined 81 and
costs each for pitching cents on Sunday. John E.
HILL 81 and costs for sleeping in Lexington market
BURGLARY.-The grocery tore of Lewis Schroeder,
on Hamburg street, near johnson, burglariously
entered on Saturday night and some change and a
number of hams stolen, the whole loss being estima
ted at $25. The burglar cut through a nino-nch
wall in the of the residence of Mr. Schroeder
and then picked the lock of the door connecting with
the store