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


Eeaf, wrappers mahogany), com
mon TO IL 00@Qls 90
Leaf, wrappers, com. to medium" IL oO@025 90
Leaf, wrappers, good ............... 30 00@45 90
Leaf wrappers line TO extra. ......90 30 0O0T5 |
Live Stock Sales at state Scales.
RIoHMosD. April 80. 1873.
Mr.. L. Gimmt, weghmaster at the Live Stock
Scales, makes the following report of transac-
tons for the week ending this date: Cattle, 90,
head "a 81 to So so per hundred gross Sheep
tshearedl, SO head a 50 80 to SIS 20 per hundred
gross; Hogs, As head @ 81 90 to IS rs per
hundred nett
Richmond Prices Current
MAY 5, 1878. .
REMARKs.-Trade for the past week has been
considerably depressed in consequence of the
very inclement and unreasonable weather
Grain is unchanged. Slight advance in Bacon
and considerable advance in Butter
WHOLESALE.
APPLES sound, S2.5oa4 rs barrel
In ferior sold for what they will bring.
ENGLISH ALE.--Pnts So 25: quarts. 1915
BEESWAX-Darb, 25a2sc Yellow, 3oa3lc
BEANS-$l .75a2.00
BUTTER.-Prime to choice yellow Virginia,
AZ to 45 cents; common to good, l5a3oc, Goshen
As to 90
CANDLES--Tallow lshal4 cents per pound;
Adamantine, l6a2l cents.
COFFEE.--Rio, fair to good, 23a24e. prime to
choice, 24a25c; Laguayra, zoe Java 27a2s.,
CORN MEAL-City Mills, bolted, so cents;
country, 75a7Sc.
CHEESE-.Northern and Western prime cut
ting, 1ea1sc.; common, l0al2c.; English Dairy
2sa24c.
COTTON YARNs.Country yarns, Nos. to
IL & 81 LSsSNpTqse + 81 yarns flsS On,
peras &c.; Madder 16c.; Indigo, $l.35; Cochineal,
sll0; Extract Logwood, l6c.; Sal. Soda 4ca4hc.;
Bluestone, l5c.; super car. Soda American 6Ac.;
DRIED TRUIT-Apples, sa4c Peaches peeled
10al1c. unpeeled 4a5c Cherries, 10al7c. Black
berries, Ease.
EGGS-In barrels and boxes, l6al7 cents, in
patent carriers, lSal9c.
FLOUR.-Virginia country supertlne, rs. 25 to
$500; Extra $90Oas.25; Family $40 OOal0:5O
according to brands. No country flour being
shipped. .r
FEATHERS.-I.ive geese e5a7O mixed 40 to
FLAXSEED- s5al.75
FISH-Herings-Eas gross, s. 90 per bar
rel North Carolina No l cut, $5.OOaS5.b0 per
barrel. half-barrel $3.50; North Carolina No.
gross, MISUNDERSTANDING Bay mackerel
$l2a$l2 so; No. Shore, $s.25as9; No; 2ln bar !
rels), 81; No. large lin barrels) $sa$S 49,
GRiNDSTONESels4 a2c per ID for small and
medium; large size 2Aa2h.
HIDES-WBT SALTED - Steers, Aal2kc
calf skim 81 coal 70.
Dry-Country flint 16a2oc; sailed IA 1sc
The buying rates for green are Ease.
HAY Good Northern 81 .5Oal,55. Good clover
IRON-Bar SIC for common sizes 5Na6h
for bands; Norway and Sweedes, 7a7hc; Coun.
try Hammered, 6Aa6c; Sheet. 7%a9cs
LUMP PLASTER, So so: Ground, &l0.50 to
sll.6o per ton; calcined, $3a3.25. Lump plaster
scarce
OILs-Kerosene 2saslc wholesale straits,
65a7oe; linseed, sOe. per gallon by the barrel.
Virginia lubricatng Oil, Zoe. Whale Oil, 90c.;
Lard OIL Soc; Sperm Oil, So %; Labrador Cod
Oil, for tanning purposes, 65asoc.
LIQUORS Rectified whiskey - Common
Harvest" s6c.aSl %; full proof $lIOal 20
medium rye, $l-5oa2; pure old rye $2a4; Vir
ginia Mountain rye, new, " .75; old, $25oa4.6o
sl.20a1 SO Fruit brandies, $1.35al50; Black
berry do, $l,25al.5o. Genuine Holland Gin
5000 per case.
MoLAsSES AND sYRUPs-Amber good
Syrup 60a65; N. O. Molasses 60a65; Dark Stand
ard Molasses Syrups, in barrels, 26c in tierces
49, in hogsheads, 2lc; Cuba Muscovado, in bar
rels, 55a6o; Porto Rico, 6oa75; White Syrup
$l.75.pcr gallon,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. shoes, 7Aaohc; mule
shoes, sAasA nail road. Sc.
MILL OFFAL-Bran, Zoe; Sho Us, 25c; Brown
stuff, soc; Shipstuff. so. wholesale from mill.
TAR-$4.75a6.o for large barrels $4.ooa2s
for small barrels.
OATS-Baled, 81. 25al. IS.
ONIONS-$2 00a2. 20 per bushel. r.
PAPER STOCK-Mixed cotton rags, 4a4Ac;
white. 6a5hc; woollen, 2a4c; imperfections 2Aa
PLoW s-wholesale,6hc. retail
6bc. . .
POTATOES-New Irish So 5Oa5OO per Dbl. .
PREPARATIoNS-Old Dominion Fertilizer
$50: Gilham's Tobacco Fertilizer $40 90: Gil.
hams Truck do, $40; do cotton Fertilizer, $50 90;
Whann's Super Phosphate 800 Soluble Pacific,
Sea Fowl and Norfolk Fish, 800 90; English To
bacco Fertilizer, $40 90; Eureka $5711; Flour of
Bone $50 co. Gilham's Peanut Fertilizer $50 %.
PROVISIONS Western Shoulders. 9a9Ac.;
Bone Sides, l0allc.; Clear Rib, Hall Nc.
Breasts, l0hal1c.; Plain Hams, l4c. Sugar-cured,
16c,; Canvassed, l7c.; Virginia hog-round
Halle. Lard, Country, 9a1Oc.; Baltimore leaf
in tierces and barrels, 10al0Ac.; in half barrels
1oAc.; in kegs, Ike. These are the jobbing
POWDER-Sporting, IS per keg, $3.50 by the
lot; blasting, S375a4 by the lot; mining $4.25a
400 by the lot; Eagle powder IN TASKS $ll.hO per
case OF 25 pounds Treble F, in canisters, 1914 per
of % pounds. a
SHOE. s0aSo0 per bag.
SUGAR-Raw Porto Rico, New Orleans and
Cuba Muscayado, l0all.
Granulated. ..."....l2A Extra C.............1I
Powdered .".......l2A C.............-........ 10A
Crushed..."..".......l2A Refined Yellow. on
A......... y Gut i4oaf..l273
Country merchants should remember in order
ing, that refined sugar is constantly fuctuatng.
SALT-Liverpool, $2.s5; iobbing price, per
sack. Ground Alum, $2.26a2.40.
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE-5sa60c
SHuCKS-$l l0al 30 for old, s0cas0 for new .
.-STRA W-Baled. S0a90c.
TALLOW-7asc per pound in large quaint.
TEAs-Blacls, csc asl 25--the last a prime ar.
ticle Imperial, 81 .10a1 go; Gunpowder, Slal 80
INEGAR--Oider, 2Oa25c.
BUILDING MATERIAL.
LUMBER, &o---Iieart, 3o00 per M; b-4 and
S-4 $lS,00per M; select, same sizes, $225e per M
split laths, $500 per NJ; joist, various sizes,
$500 per M; cedar posts, feet long, 20 to 80
cents apiece; garden rails, 2 by by Is, zoe.
LIME AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Virginia,
81 20al.40; Riverton, u coal 40 Bockland,
$3.50 by quantity from wharf; $l75 by retail
from store Rosedale, $2.20a2.25; Calcined Pa.
Yer, 81 75a3 James River Cement, $2a225.
NAILS-Old Dominion, TO to 60-penny, So. 8 to
9-penny, SEA; to 7-penny, $6h; to 6penny,
$6A; S-penny, $7A BY the 100 kegs, 26c. less.
STEEI-NnVlOr'S asst
1Sc; American do, llal2c.
SHINGLES.-6-inehN No. heart cypress, $40
TO Sl2 per NJ; 6-ineh No. sap cypress, So to 8,
4-ineh heart cypress, ~ .25; 4,inch cypress, So;
S-nch heart pine, &c. 4-inch sap pine, IA. These
are the selling prices at the yard,
LEAD--Pig, 8hasMc per pound.