The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-10-14
Opening.


Cash mess pork closed quiet at $22.7 Is for
car lots, seller October S22. 30@22.35, and seller
the year at SIS. 37H@19.40. Cash lard closed
steady at $3.50, seller October at S13 .5O@
1850, and seller the year at $12.35. Butter
ouotable at 24430c for extras, 19@23c for
firsts, 17@19c for seconds, and 14@l6c for
thirds. Broom coin quotable at 11@llNc for
No. / to extra hurl. Beans remain very quiet,
but prices under light offerings were steady
and unchanged; quotable at S1.90 for prime
Eastern mediums in a small way, and Western
sold at S1.25@1.70, according to quality.
Bagging was dull and rather easy Stark A
uuotable at $500, Otter Creek, Lewiston A.
Montauk and Ludlow AA at $4,000, and
wool sacks at 50@52c. There was a frmer
feeling developed in the market for cheese.
Quotations range at 569c for common to fair
10@1O1<c for good 11@1119c for prime in
lots, and 12c in a retail way. Cranberries were
in fair supply, but sales were rather slow at
S. O03.00 per bu. Cider also sold rather
slowly at S5.5O@6.00 per brl. The movement
in dried fruits was not very brisk. Quotations
range at SL@9c for Eastern apples &c for
Ohio, and 7@7%c for Southern. Peaches
for pared. Blackberries closed firm at 1870.
Dried peas ruled dull, with several lots of new
on the market. Quotable at S1.65 per bu for
green, and S1.25@1.40 for yellow. Eggs
closed at about 22c. Prime live geese feathers
were in good demand and firm at 56958c, but
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was in fair supply, and met with ready sale
at 1895 per dozen for prairie chickens;
$50 10 for mallard ducks 300 for small,
and about $1.50 for snipe. Apples quot
able at 52.50@2.75 per bl for good in
lots, $500 for choice, and S3.25@4.OO for
good to choice in a retail way. Peaches were
rather dull, owing to the common quality of
the offerings the market closed at S1.00@1.25
for %-bu boxes in lots, and S1.30@1.50 in a
small way ; large baskets sold at 50c@S1.O0,
according to quality. Michigan pears sold at
5Oc@91.00 per basket, and New York at $500
@11.O0 per brl, according to kind. Grapes
closed at 25@50c for Michigan baskets, S1.20@
LAO for lob baskets of Ohio Concord, and
$3.50 for Sob cases of the same. Della
ware sold at 81. 75t02.0 90 for 20-lb baskets. and
3.5O63. rs for Sob cases. There was a fail
demand for hides, and the market was firm at
SIC for green-salted all round, and 61sc fer
damaged. Honey was dull and slow sale.
Quotable at 20@23c per b for strained. Hops
were quiet and slow sale quotable at S@15c
for fair to very choice. Potatoes remain quiet
at 75@S1.00 per brl. Sweet potatoes quotable
at 30@40c for yellow in A-bu boxes. Barrels
about s2.OO@2:50 for yellow illinois and s3.75
for Jerseys. Salt was in fair demand and
steady. Quotable at 81. 50 for Onondaga, S1.7O
for ordinary coarse, and S2.75S3.60 for
dairy, without bag|. Vegetables remain
dull and unchanged. Tomatoes quo
table at 30@40c per bushel; cabbage at
1880 per 100, and corn at 68619c per dozen.
Wool was also dull. Quotable at 38@42c for
washed, 28@32c for unwashed, and 40@50c for
poor to choice tub-washed.
SEEDS AMI
Timothy seed closed at 81. 0G@2.S5 for com-
mon to good, and firm at $40 for prime.
Clover about = .0006.5O for common to prime
medium. Flax S1.2O@1.35, and Hungarian
nominal at about 60c. Highwines were dull;
limited sales were reported at the close al
$1.15.
CooPERAGE- LUMBER AND WOOD.
There was a trifle more inquiry for packing
descriptions of cooperage and prices were firm,
but without essential change. The other kinds
were in fair demand and steady at the given quo
~tatiUns: Pork barrels, S1.12I@1.15; lard
t~ierces, S1.35@1.45; whisky barrels, 81. 90@2. 10,
and flour barrels, 45@55c. There was a good
attendance of both country and local buyers on
the lumber market and a fairly active business
WAS transacted. Prices were firm, but not
q~uotably higher. Quotable at 1925 for joisi
and scantling, S7.75@15.O0 for poor to choice
m1l-run boards and strips, $2.00@2.T0 fol
shingles, and S1.50 for lath. Wood was with.
out essential change. Hickory, S7.50@8.00
maple, S6.5O@7.OO; beech, $500, and slabs
$3.50 at the yards.