The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-01
Our Markets.

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server that such belief Is no' .
wa,ranted by the prevailing prices
lcertaiuly in place like Wheeling si'
uated as it is in remarkably proauO.
tive country, with a cons'aersO,o
amoupt of soil and labor devoted "
supplying the local markets, and WIN
good roads running in every direc'ion'
bountiful supplies and comparatively
obeon rates oupht to prevail a. this sea-
son A brief review of the Second
Ward market yesterday morning VIII
show that while the supply was good' Inc
ruling figures were in some instances
rather steep. In the meat market good
beef found ready sale at l5aloo Tor
choice pieces, steaks and roasts, the for
ner figures obtaining only toward the
close of the market. Boiling pieces lOa
I2lc. and under these are to be included
much that is not of the most desirable
quality for home use. Common mutton,
brought 10a15c, according to quality,
and nice lamb went up as high as 2oc.
Choice veal ranged at l5a2Oc, though
the less desirable pieces were to be had
at lower prices. There 10 this to be said
for the meat men stock of 81 kinds is
unusually scarce in this neighborhood,
aud for beef cattle some of our butchers
have been compelled to bring part at
least of their supplies from Pittsburgh.
Whether this state of facts so far pre-
walls as to render lower prices impos-
sible, is q question for housekeepers to
consider.
That much talked of delicacy, the
spring chicken, is a stranger in our mar
ket, at least in eatable condition. A
few feathered notions were offered that
the public was requested to believe rep
resented the fowl sought after, but con-
6dence was not general. Those who
mad faith invested at 35a40c per chicken,
and one enthusiastic friend owned up to
purchase at SOC. He has our sympa.
thies, as indeed have all who expect tt
find in their purchases the wherewitha
to make o meal after snbtracting the
feathers. Butter was tolerably plenty
and of good quality at 25c. Eggs il
abundal cs at zoo. Possibly in view o.
last winl,r'. experience these figure,
are not extravagsnt, but we think q
further decline would not violate the
rule of olive and let live" to the preju'
dice of the COWS ard the hons. We
are little too late for strawberries and
rather early for raspberries. A few,
very few, boxes of the former were
offered and quickly taken at zoe. Rasp.
berries could be had for 25c, but the
fruit stores do better than that. Goose
berries were plenty at sc per box, and
currants at Lhe same price.
We saw one ind screet individual pay
20e per quarter peck for new potatoes,
and subsequently ascertaiued that pur-
chasers generally were doing the same
thing, for the best in the market. The
lowest price was l5c per quarter peck,
or 81 40 per bushel, q price that can't be
maintained for many days. String
beans also brought l5a2Oc, prices that
many regarded as rather exorbitant
| I. 81 - hNn ha Erat of hn mo ri al
Lard, of good quality, was bringing
22c; honey 3sc per pound, and dried
peaches 2Oc per quart. Radishes found
sale at &c per bunch; onions OF beets
three lunches for lOc. Cucumbers were
not very plenty, aud holders, thinking
they had corner, put the figures up to
lOc for the single vegetable, or Sl.OO
per dozen. The maneuvre failed siS
nally, and when the crash came there
was more stock than sale. One rash
aspirant for cholera honors was seen
supplying himself with half-adozcn fine
cucumbers for 25c, and others doubtless
laid in the dangerous vegetable at still
lower rates.
As before intimated, the general run
of prices does not seem to accord with
the abundant supply. Possibly Our
people of late years have grown into
the habit of paying high figures for
marketing and do not consider that the
changed situation in tho business world
demands greater decline than has
already taken place. There is no doubt
however. that as the season advances
living will be much cheaper, and while
she boasts of the excellence Of bel
markets Wheeling may also pride herself
upon the low prices that rule them.