The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-06

in their spring trade. Sugar, which was down
last week to figures of 1851, is reacting. But
ter is declining.
WHOLESALE ...
APPL ES.--Green, sound, 70 5Oa4 25 : a barreI
inferior sold for what they will bring
ENGLISH ALE.-Pints 50. %: quarts 1878
BEESWAX-Dark, 25a2Sc. Yellow SOa3!c
BEANS-8l. 75a200.
BUTTER.-Prme to choice yellow Virginia
| 81 to 40 cents; common to good, 15a3Oc, Goshen
| 40 to 45.
CANDLES.-Tallow lShal4 cents per pound.
| Adamantne, l6a2l cents.
| COFFEE.-Rio, far to good 23a24c; prime TO
choice, 24a25c.; Laguayra, 25c Java 27a2S..
Mocha, zoe
CORN MEAL--City Mills, bolted, so cents;
| CHEESE--Northern and Western prime cnt
| ting, l6alSc; common, lOal2c.; English D TRY
23a24c.
COTTON YARNS-Country yarns, Nos to
~, 81 .65; Leaksqille, N. G., yarns, 81 So
DRUGS AND DYE STUFFS-Aum Be-; Cop,
peras Sc Madder l6c; Indigo, $780, Cochneal,
lilo; Extract Logwood, l6c.; Sal. Soda, 4ca4kc;
Biuestone, l5c; super car. Soda American exc;
DRIED FRUIT Apples, 8a4c. Peaches peeled
l0allc unpeeed 4a6c. Cherries, 10al7c. Black
berries, Ease.
EGGS-In barrels and boxes, l6al7 cents, in
patent carriers, lSal9c.
FLOUR.-Nirginia country superflne IS % to
$3.50; Extra $9.OOas.25; Family $40 O0al 30
according to brands. No country flour being
FEATHERS-Live geese 66a7o mixed 40 to
6Uc. Dull.
FLAXSEED-&l6 5al.76
FISH:-Herrings-East gross, IS so per bar.
rel North Carolina No ] cut, $5.0oas5 SO Der
barrel; North Carolina No. | roe s9aS9 50 per
barrel: half-barrel $3.50: North Carolina No
gross. "A 76aS5.-hiackerel-N | Bay mackerel
Sl2a$l25O; No. Shore, ss.25a*9; No. Gin bar
relsl, 81: No. large Tin barrelsj ssa$s. Is.
GR1NDSTONES-IA a2c. per III for small and
medium; large size, 2Aa2H.
HIDES-WET Sailed Steers, Aal2Hc
calf skin, $lt0al.7h
Dry-Country flint l8a2Oc; salted IA lsc
The buying rates for green are Ease.
HAY Good Northern 81 .5Oal .55. Good clover
81. 25al. 40.
IRON-Bar SIC for common sizes /; 5Mask
for bands; Norway and Sweedes 7a7hc; Coun.
try Hammered, 6Aa6c; Sheet 74a9c
LUMP PLASTER, So 30; Ground $40 so to
81 80 per ton calcined, S3a3.25. Lump plaster
scarce
OILS-Kerosene 2sa3lc wholesale straits,
65a7oc.; linseed, 9Oc. per gallon by the barrel.
Virginia lubricating Oil, zoe Whale Oil. 9Oc.,
Lard Oil S5c.; Sperm Oil, 50 25 Labrador Cod
Oil, for tanning purposes, 65a9Oc
LIQUORS Rectitied whiskey - Comm on
Harvest" 96c.a*I W; full proof $l1Oa1 2o
m ned rye, VI 5oa2; pure old rye s2a4 Viz
Domestic brandfps 81 25a2. domestic gins
*l.2Oal 90 Fruit brandies, 81 S5al so; Black
berry d. $l,2Jal 30. Genuine Holland Gin
MOLAsSES AND SYRUPs-Amber good
Syrup 60aG5; N. o. Molasses 6Oa65; Dark stand.
ard NolasSes Syrnps, in barrels, 25c in tierces
%; in hogsheads, 2Ic; Cuba Muscovado, in bar
rels, 65a6O; Porto Rico, 6oa76 White Syrup,
Shopper gallon,
MEITALS-lRoN-Horse shoes, 74aOKc; mule
shoes, SAaSA; nail road. Sc.
MILL OFEAII-Bran. 20c; Sho ts CSC; Brown
stuff, SOC; Shipstutf. so. wholesale from mill.
TAR-$4.75a6.0 90 for large barrels Si.0oa26
for small barrels,
OATS-Baled, 81. Goal So
ONlONS-$2 O0a2 % per busheI
PAPER STOCK-Mixed cotton rags, 4a4Ac;
white, 5a5Ac; woollen, 2a4c; imperfections 2Ma
PLOW Wholesale, 5hc.; retail
SIC.
pOTATOES-New Irish, $3.5Oa5Oo per bb'.
PREPARATI0NS-Old Dominion Fertilizer
S6O GIlham's Tobacco Fertilizer $40 90: Gil.
hams Truck do, $40; do. cotton Fertilizer, $50 90;
Powhatan Raw Bone Super Phosphate, $50 90
Whann's Super Phosphate S55; Soluble Pacific
Sea Fowl and Norfolk Fish, 500 90; English To-
bacco Fertilizer, $40 90; Eureka, sj74; Flour of
Bone 500 90; Gilhams Peanut Fertilizer $50 90.
Bone Sides, l0illc.; Clear Rib, HALL hc.;
Breasts, l0hallc. Plain Hams, lac; Sugar-eured,
Ice; Canvassed lie; Virginia hog-round,
lla!2c. Lard Country, 9aloc; Baltimo leaf
lO&2. in kegs, Ike. These are the iobbine
prices.
POWDER-sporting, IS per keg, $500 by the
lot; blasting $s,75a4 by the lot; mining, "a, 25a
4.50 by the lot; Eagle powder IN TASKS Sii 10 per
case OF % pounds; Treble F. in canisters, 1914 per
of 25 pounds.
SUGAR-Raw Porto Rico, New Orleans and
Cuba Nuscavado, 1Oa11.
GranllIated.. .".......12k Extra C..........,,ll
Powdered ......12R C...r....................l OM
Cfushed.'''"'''.........l2H Refined Yellow. 9h
A .'...''..'..............ll19 Ont Loaf.......l3
B.'..'..'........ ......."ll2
Country merchants should remember in order
ing, that refined sugar is constantly fuctuating
SALT-Liverpool, 1886; iobbng price, DER
sack. Ground Alum, S2.25a2.40.
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE-5sa6O
SHIJCKS-Sl 2Oll26 hid
SrRR W-Baled. S0a9Oc.
. TALLOW-7aSc. per pound in large quaint.
ties.
TEAS-Black 65c. as. 25--the last a prime ar.
ticle; Imperial, il .l0al go: Gunpowder $lal go
E1NEGAR-Cider, 20a25c.
BUILDING MATERIAL.
LUMBER, &O.-Heart, $50. 90 per M; "a and
S4 ~ 90 per M select, same sizes S22 so per M
split laths, ~ 90 per NJ; joist, various sizes
us 90 per NJ; cedar posts, S feet long, 30 to so
cents apiece; garden rails, by 4 by l8 Zoe |
LIME AND CEIfENT-Rockyille, Virginia |
~ 2oal.+O Rtverlon, 81 .20al.4O; Rockland,
9 80 by quantity from wharf; bl.75 by retail |
from store: Rosedale, $2.2Oa2.25; Calcined Pas
Ter, " 76aS James River Cement, $2a225.
NAlLS-Old Dominion, 10 to cope my &c. 8 to
9.penny, S6A; to 7-penny, $6k; 4 to bpepnv
S6A; Spenny, $7A BY the loo kegs, 26c less.
STEEL-NaYl or's cast, 1871. English blistered
lsc; American do, l1al2c
SHlNGLES.-6-inchR No heart CYPRESS $40
to $l2 per M; 6inch No. 1 sap cypress So to a
Finch heart cypress, 1926; 4fnch cypress S6:
5-incli heart pine, SO; 4-nch sap pine, a. These
IRE the selling prices at the yard,
LEAD-Pig, ShaSA2 per pound
u d.