The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-19

MAY IL, 1873.

t4 nenu GU 10 TO Sb 20 per hundred GROSS
Hogs, 81 head q 81 to IS % per hundred nett
richmond Prices Current
MAY IL, 1873.
REMARKs.--There has been no Improvement
in trade since our last report owing to the CON
tinuance of the rain spell. Old Sol having again
made his appearance we may look for more
activity in business yet wi h some of our mer-
chants the heavy season is over. Groceries and
provisions are unchanged Country produce is
coming in more literally. Butter is declining.
Eggs steady. ysf
APPLES.-Green, sound, % 5oai % a barrel
In ferior sold for what they will bring.
ENGLISH ALE.--Pints 80. %: quarts. 1915.
BEESWAX--Dark, 25a2se. Yellow, 30a3lc
BEANS-$l. 75a2. 90. 1
BUTTER.--Prime to choice yellow Virginia,
81 to 40 cents; common to good, l5a3oc, Goshen
CANDLES.-Tailow 1shal4 cents per pound;
| Adamantine, l6a21 cents. 80 gEHa n nl8a. ~
COFFEE.-Rio, far to good 23a24c.; prime to
choice, 24a2oe.; Laguayra, zoe Java 27a2s..
CORN MEAL-City Mills, bolted. so cents:
| CHEESE-.Northern and Western prime cut
| ting, l6alse. common, 10al2c.; English Dairy
| 23a24c. ts-s5gf Is 81 fls-a
| COTTON YARNS-Country yarns, Nos. 8 to
| IL, ~. 66; Leassqille, N. c., yarns, SLIGO. LIS
DRUGs AND DYE STUFFS-Aium &C.; Cop
peras &c.; Madder 16c.; Indigo, $780, Cochneal,
Sll0; Extract Logwood, I6c.; Sal. Soda, 4ca4 Nc;
limestone, l5c.; super car soda, American 6Ae.;
DRIED FRUIT--Appies, sa4c Peaches peeled
| 10allc. unpeeled 4a5c Cherries, l0al7c. Black
| berries, Ease.
EGGS-Tn barrels and boxes, l6al7 cents in
patent carriers. lSal9c. et5Es
FLOUR.-Virginia country superflne, 1925 to
| S. co. Extra $9.0Oa9.25, Family $40 0oa10:50
| according to brands. No country flour being
! shipped.
| FEATHERS.-Live geese 65t.7o mixed 40 to
! FLAXSEED-s16 5al.7s 70
| FISH:-Herrings-Eas stern gross, &3. 90 per bar
| rel North Carolina No cut, $5.00af560 per
barrel North Carolina No. l roe a9a$9.60 per
barrel: halfbarrel $3.50; North Carolina No.
/ gross. Observation-Disclosures Bay macherel,
Sl2aSl2 so; No. Shore, Us. 26a$s; No; lin bar
relsl, ≪ No. large lin barrelsl ssa$s.25,
| GRINDSTONES-lAa 2c. per Id for small and
medium; large size, 2Aa2H. F
| HIDES-WET SAhTED = Steers, hal2hc
| calf skin, S1.t0al.7a. s
| Dfy-Country flint l6a20c; sailed IA 1So
| The buying rates for green are 7asc
HAY Good Northern Sl5oal .55. Good clover
IRON-Bar 514c for common sizes; 6Mash
| for bands Norway and Sweedes, 7a7hc; Coun-
try Hammered, bAa6c; Sheet, 7&a9c.
/ LUMP PLASTER, 80 so; Ground, $40. 90 to
1 OILS-Kerosene 2saslc. wholesale straits
e5a7Oc.; linseed, zoe. per gallon by the barrel.
Virginia lublicating Oil, bOc. Whale Oil. 9Oc.:
Lard Oil, S5c.; Sperm Oil, So rs; Labrador Cod
Oil, for tanning purposes, 65asoc. S.
LIQUORS = Rectifed whskey = Common
medium rye, VI 50a2; pure old rye, $2a4 Tir-
| ginia Mountain rye, new, $40; old, S250a4.5o
Domestic brandies; $l2sa2. >, Domestic gins,
| $l.20al 90 Fruit brandies, 81 .35al so; Black
berry do, $l,25al.5o. Genuine Holland Gin.
MOLAssEs AND sYKUPs--Amber good
| Syrup 6Oa65; N. o. Molasses 60a65; Dark Stand
ard Molasses Syrups, in barrels, Zoe; in tierces
| %; in hogsheads, 2Ic; Cuba Muscovado, in bar
rels, 55a6o; Porto Rico, eoa76; White Syrup
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. shoes, 7AaDhc; mule
Shoes shasA; nail road, Sc.
MILL OFFAL--Bran zoe; Sho Is, 25c; Brown
| stuff, SOC; Shigstuf. 60 wholesale from mill.
/ TAR-s4.75a5.oO for large barrels s4.ooa25
| for small barrels
OATS-Baled 81. 25a1S5
| ONIONS-$2 00a2. 20 per bushel.
/ PAPER STOCK--Mixed cotton rags, 4a4Ac;
white. 6a5hc; woollen, 2a4e; imperfections 2Aa
,pLow -wholesale,sAc.' retail.
POTAToEs--New Irish, ss.5Oa5.oo per Dbl.
/ PREPARATI0NS-Oid dominion Fertilizer
| $50: Gilhams Tobacco Fertilizer $40 90: Gill
hams Truck do, $40 do cotton Fertilizer, 900 90;
Powhatan Raw Bone Super Phosphate 500 90
Whann's Super Phosphate $50; Soluble Pacific,
Sea Fowl, and Norfolk Fish, $50 90; English To
bacco Fertilizer, $40 90; Eureka, $5zhi Flour of
Bone $50 90; Gilham's Peanut Fertilizer, $50 90.
/ PROVISIONS - Western Shoulders. 9a9Ac.;
Bone Sides. loallc; Clear Rib, llallhc;;
| lee; Canvassed, lie; Virginia hog-ronnd,
/ lla12c. Lard, Country, 9a1oc.; Baltimore leaf
in terces and barrels, 10al0Ac.; in half barrels,
loac.; in kegs, Ike. These are the jobbins
| prices.
| POWDER-Sporting, IS per keg, $3.50 by the
lot; blasting, $3.75a4 by the lott mining, 81 goa
400 by the lot; Eagle powder IN TASKS I'll 10 per
case Of 25 pounds; Treble f. in canisters, $94 per
| of % pounds.
SHOT--2s0aso0p per bag.
| SUGAR-Raw Porto Rico, New Orleans and
| Cuba Muscayado, l0all. '55t+
Graduated. ...........l28 Extra C......,.. IL
Powdered ia l0s4
Crushed. .,..........12S Refined Yellow ~. ~
| A....................ll39 Gut Loaf....."......l3
| B..... ...ll 70
Country merchants should remember in order
ing, that refined sugar is constantly fluctuating.
| SALT-Liverpoo, 1885, jobbing price, per
sack. Ground Alum, $226a2.4o.
| SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE-5si60c
| SHUCKS-$l ,20a125 per hid.
| STRA W-Baled. S0a90c.
/ TALLOW-7asc. per pound in large quaint.
TEAs-Blaek, e5c. asl .25-.the last a prime ar
tiele; Imperial. 81 .loal 80; Gunpowder, slal.se.
| VINEGAR-Cider, 2oa25c.
| BUILDING MATERIAL.
| LUMBER, &o.-Heart, $4,000 per M; 6-4 and
split iaths, $500 per NJ; iost various sizes,
$500 per M; cedar posts, feet long, 20 to 80
cents apiece; garden rails, by by IT, 25c.
LIME AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Virginia,
$3.50 by quantity from wharf: al75 by retail
| from store; Rosedale, S. 2Oa225; Calcined Pc s.
| fer, $2.75a3 James River Cement, $2a2.25.
NAILS-Old Dominion, 10 to 6O-penny, $6. to
| 9-penny, S6A; to 7-penny, $6h; 4 to 6renny,
| *6A; 3-penny, $7A. BY the loo kegs 25c, less.
| STEEL-Naylor's cast, lSh. English blistered,
I 1sc; American do 1la12c
/ S4INGLES.- 6-inch No. heart cypress, $40
| to $l2 per NJ 6-inch No. sap cypress $3 TO 0,
4-ineh heart cypress, 1928; finch cypress, So;
3-nch heart pine, $6; 4-neh sap pine, a. These