The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-22
FINANCE AND TRADE.
wheeling Wholesale MARKET.
OFFICE OF The DAILY REGISTER, /
yvurr INC Eahrnary III IS70


The opening Of navigation has produced
great activity in the general market and
sales are large at our quotations
The market for Flour has ruled very ac-
tive during the past week and the demand
has been good. Prices have advanced %
cents per barrel, and the tendency Is sti
upward.
The receipts OF Wheat were better than
for the previous week, and the market has
ruled firm and slightly more active than
for some weeks; at the close the market
was quiet though unchanged. Corn Is
without change, the market closing dull
Oats have also ruled dull. Rye and Barley
remain nominally unchanged.
The trade in Provisions has been fair and
prices have ruled steady and unchanged.
So few Bulk Meats have passed through
the hands of commission merchants that
prices have ruled entirely nominal, and We
discontinue our quotations.
The demand for choice Butter has been
good and prices firm, but medium and in
ferior grades have ruled dull.
Cheese has advanced cent, though there
Is little done outside of the local trade.
As usual at this season, the demand for
Eggs Is large, and at the close of the week
there were very few in the market; prices
firm.
There has not been much movement in
Country Produce, the market closing quiet
and without important change.
The demand for Seeds has been extremely
irregular.
Petroleum has ruled quiet, with very
slight changes in prices or the general fea-
lures Of the market.
APPLES-In good demand at s. 00G5 80
BUTTER-At 2OG22c for good.
BEANS-Nayy white at 81 5O92 % per
BAKING PowDER--tLogan, List & Co.'S
or. cans 81 - per doz; ~ OF. cans s. p; IN
cans g y; bulk $50.
CHEESE-Is steady and moderately ac-
tive at lie for prime factory and Goshen.
CARBON OlL-PriceS are firm: standard
brands, in a jObbing way, at "a &c asking
and no charge for package.
CANDLES-Star at 2lc: City mould at
IOFFEE-The market is not so firm,
though without change. We continue our
uuOtStiOns: Good and fair at 2ic: prime al
Sc: choice at 2j1Ic; old Java at &c.
CRACKERS-Sugar, lie; lemon, lli4c;
soda, y &c; water, sc; oyster, nc; cream,
ECiGEIn demand at 22125c.
FISH-Mackerel, No. = halves nj S62): bar
rels at sll -; No. new do, full weight, lOO
Ms, at s. y; barrels at 80 81; light weights at
packages; white fish at So y: lake herring at
81 W for prime DID, new AT $3.50.
PARTNERSHIPS at 75c, and the usual
advance for small lots in a retail way.
FLOUR-Active with Il heavy demand
white wheat family sS 0Ods 80; red wheat
do. s. 75dS o.; choice spring wheat at 81 2jGs
30: Superfiue 90 5Od5 -.
GLASS-t'irSt quality SXlO at $3.50; lOXl2at
%; second quality SXlO at - %; lOXl2 AT
3 . per box OF 81 feet. Discount 10 per
cent.
GENSENG-At C0d70c an.
GRAIS-Wheat active and firm: choice
red at 81 56Gtl ~: choice white at 81 Cd. Rye
steady at 1Uc. Corn AT 4j95Oc. oats at ~
a i5c.
HAY-The market is steady at SIG OO1
4lj ~.
IRON-Flat and bar, 5000; horse shoe,
Sic; round and square, 33497@4c; oval, 4l4@
SIC: half oval and half round, AZ to SIC;
heavy band iron, ~ 10 G'4c hoop ana light
band, ito 9i.c; Railroad Flat and T, Al to
LARD OIL-Extra winter strained at s.
MOLAssEs-New Orleans fair to good at
SIC: prime 10 choice t60c.
Fencing, 10 to 6Oi 81 -: to VI, s. ~; q TO I'd,
8 y; 1 TO 81, s. 80; Sd. S. p; "a, 81 50. Bar
rel, = in, 81 49, in, 81 .; in, 81 So IA in,
81 p; ~ in, 5 -; IL in, s. o: Finishing,
in, 50 10; IA in, =. o. IA in, 81 %:
Casing, IO to 3ni, 81 30; 81, s. 30 I'd, 81 ~;
Id, ST .. Fine Blued, Id, 81 80; Sd, 81 80; "a,
= -. Lining Nails, ) in, 81 -. Tobacco
HID, ana ID. s. -; Sd. s. %. Cliuch
Nails all sizes, 81 ~; Cut Spikes, all sizes,
> III; Boat spikes, cut, 81 %.
PROVISIONS-Messp pork at sli 80. Lard,
tierce at 9l2c: keg at lie. Bacon, shoulders
at &c: clear sides AT SIC; sugar cured briskets
at l0c; plain do at &c; plain hams at l2c;
suga cured dO.at &c.
RICE-Prime new South Carolina fair
to prime at 9i2c; choice at lVc; Rangoon
SEEDS-Active, and with large de-
mand, prices advanced: timothy at 81 W;
clover at 81 ~ 4G7j; tlaxSeed at 81 -.
STARCll-At 6S9c; maizena,, l2llic.
SODA-At sc III papers; best Newcastle at
sOAPSFamily at &c; German at &C;
Eastern at GlgglIc.
SALT-Dairy at :! 70; best Ohio River at
e. 0J.
SYRUPs-Are active and firm. We
quote Common at ID to jOc; Fine, Goc;
SUGARS-New Orleans at lOl%Gllc;
Porto Rico lO9l01ac; Demarara ut NC;
standard brands OF refined as follows:
crushed, powdered and granulated nj l3l &C;
\ at l2i4c; b at l%sc; Cat 2l2c; common
brands at 149}2c less.
TEA-GunpOwder ut 81 l59l 81; Young
Hyson at 81 IOgl 80; Oolong at 709 Sj9l 10.
Wool Markets.