Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-22
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WILMINGTON DEI., Dee o.
The cub stone market, this morning, was haet
with wagons from Front almost to Ninth street,
it berg tie longest continuous market held on
that street since ii wa- used for this purpoee.
The market houses Wore equally crowded,
indeed it seemed AS ii for VI ce the Whole popu-
laton lad tnrnCd out fol gieat market dav be-
fore Christmas. Poultry met tie eye everywhere,
some OF II very poor atd some AZ line az Was
ever sent to market. There were bnt few Nag
ons the rear of which did not display Il lot uf
chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. frees for
turkeys varied much, according to quality. At
the beginning of the market, IL cents pound
WAS asked with bnt few buyers. More was sold
at lG and II, but by 10 O'Clock common turkeys
were selling at 10, with a probability of further
reduction in price. Tho demand for butter not
being 80 great usus it fell to 40 cents per
pound and eggs to 35 cents per dozsn. Ilie fol-
lowing is a summary of prices
Meats.-Beefsteak, 15MlSc choice 226i 25a,per
pound; in the curbstone market, l4m lGc; roass IL
6Dl6c stews SGl5c; corned oGl2c ;pork 20 506u
~ per cwt, 12cper pound sausage, La ljc; scrap
ple GGpl0c ham wholesale 1Sc sliced 2OGp22c ;
shoulders lie fitch l2c salt pork 100l2c lard,
l5c. mutton, l0Cal6c chops zoe; lamb l5n2uc :;
veal l6@2Oc outlets 2a@2jc Clipped beef 35c !
trpe SC.
Misc Hdlmous- Hntter, 40ai5c per pound !;
in tirkins 900 35c eggs, 35c; apples, l2a25c
per half peck potatoes, l2tr lSc sweet loa-
toes, l20D20c turnips Sc ;celery, Ga l2c a bnncl;
onions, 1jml9c a half peek cabbage 80, &c a
head iiominy, 1Gc per quart beans, Zoe lima
beans, lie cranborres, l2c mixed pickles 25e !;
pepper sauce, 1Dc honey l5a3lc per pound
ctroDe. 5toGe apiece pumpkins, 100p12c apiece /;
| chickens, lie per pound live chickens, IL
6ol.75 per pair ducks s1.OO0D@l % per pair i;
geese, II. .25tal 40 turkeys, sl.5)@2.25 apiece
| l5@1Sc per pound chestnuts 1S0n20c per quart;
rabbits 3js apiece cider 25c per gallon par
tridgas, SOC Ter pair pigeons, l3c rer pair
pheasants, sl.25 per pair.
CONFERENCE ACADEMY FIsAHcEs.-Snce the
recent effort of the friends of tho Wilmington
| Conference Academy Cat Dover which resulted
in wiping out heavy floating debt the
| Academy has been in comparatively prosperous
| circumstances. committee consisting of
| Hon. Cove Salisbury John w. Cullen, ard
| Charles NJ. Wharton, all of Dover, visited VIII
| mngton, yesterday. for the purpose OF Offering
| for sale, Academy bonds to the amount of
| &c 000 They had already sold IA 600 worth OF
these bonds to citizens Of Dover, at par, and the
| remaining $4,000 of tho so, ,0U0 to be sold they
| desired to dispose of in Wilmington Az secuu.
| ty for these bonds fret mortgage lien offered
| on the property which il worth 500, 0U0 and on
which $50, COO has been paid. These bonds, with
some $1,000 or $4,000 in subscriptions which the
| committee ray will he paid by the time Confer
ence meets, WILL liquidate Tho entire Indebtedness
of the Academy, and Place 1t IN easy crcuin-
stances.
| MEETING or THE MANAGERS uF THE S. 7. q. A.
| A quarterly meeting of the managers Of the
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
WAS held yeHterlay afternoon at the Office OF the
| society in Bring ehnrst's building, Sixth and Mar.
| ket streets, In reviewing the work of the
| Society, there was general feeling of satsfac-
ton, OH account of it's efficiency in not only
bring offenders to justice, but that through its
influence, many other persons we're detorred
from exercisng cruelty to animals. The Board
of Managers agreed to have the laws, as amend
ed by the last Legislature and the rules govern
ing the Society published for the information of
tho public.
| The Ice IlARyEsT.-The uncertainty OF the
severity OF the winter this latitude led
country people generally to avail themselves
| Of the opportunity of the recent freeze, and al
| most all tho icG-lOuses within radius of twen-
| BY miles OF this city were filed yesterday and
| Monday. On the ponds tho ice about five
inches thick, and very solid, 30 that good VI
ticle has been secured.