The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-10
FIaAACiAL AND COMMERCIAL
wheeling wholesale market.
OFFICE DAILY INTELLIGENoRR, I
H-I Wednesday, August 0. J

Trade in general merchandise continues
dull, unusually so even for this season; our
merchants generally complain that they
never knew business 10 be as dull and un.
satisfactory as II has been this summer.
There Is very light movement In both
Grain and Flour, the inquiry for which Is
exceedingly small, and, with the exception
OF Sugars, the Grocery market Is also de.
void Of activity. For the Hog products
there has been no falling in the demand,
and prices have undergone but little change
one way or the other. Cheese in fair de-
mand. Butter less active and weaker.
Eggs exceedingly dull. Fruits abundant
and dull.
APPLEs-The receipts are again increas-
ing, with the supply accommodating and
holders anxious to sell in order to keep
stocks down to the lowest possible point;
prices are weak and lower; selling at 50ca
81 90 per Dbl, as to quality. Advices from
all quarters report large crop, and there
fore no improvement In prices Is probable.
PEAcIIEs-Per box, 81 25a1 so.
BUTTER-Market less active; for this va.
rious reasons may be assigned, but the hot
weather Is the primary one as 1t leads to
others. II always curtails consumption, as
people want very little butter when the
thermometer is ranging from 80 to 100; fur.
thermore the fact Of It's being soft when il
arrives here hurts its sale. This has been
the condition OF our market during the
past week, and the supply was considcrably
In excess Of the demand. Quoted at LA
l5c.
BAKING PowDER-35a39c per Id.
BRooMs-Fancy, s. 25a4 75a6 25; plain
50 50a2 20.
BEEswAX-25c.
CANNED GooDs-There is no demand.
The following are the current jobbing
rates: Peaches, 3 pound cans per doZ.
en-, 50 %; 2 ID cans, 81 rs; 3 lb cans
tomatoes, ST. so; 2 ID cans tomatoes
81 25; Winslow corn, lb cans, 50 10; sweet
corn, 50; common corn, 81 65; strawber.
rics, 9 Id cans, 81 80; blackberries, Id
cans, 81 so; raspberries, lb cans, 50 %;
plums, 2 ID cans, 50; lima beans, lb cans,
Sc; cove oysters, ID cans, 81 00;2 lb cans
Sc 90.
CHEEsR-There has been fair trade |
during the past weak, and advices from the |
factories report that makers are expecting |
to realize better. prices before long; as yet, |
however, there has been no improvement
In prices, and the hot weather has been un.
favorable to an upward turn. We still
quote prime Ohio factory at Sl5a9c.
CHIcKRNs-spring, per dozen, 81 75a
2 %; old, s. 90.
DRIED FRUrT-There Is little or nothing |
doing in either domestic or foreign dried |
fruits. Peaches are quiet at lie mixed; 14c
for prime halves. Other quotations: Prunes,
6a6kc; Currants, Sc; Layer RaisinS, 81 95; |
Valencia, 1Oc.
EGds-The market continues exceeding |
ly dull, and notwithstanding the receipts |
have not been heavy, the supply is steadily |
accommodating, and Is largely In excess OF |
the demand; Sal0c.
F1sH-There Is o fair tradebut no change |
in prices, which We annex as follows
For packages containing 100 pounds Of
sound fish; light weight and inferior quail
ity at prices to correspond: Goldfish nOmi- |
nal at SIC. Lake herring; none in the
market. White Fish, $450. Half bbls. No.
5 mackerel 81 70; No. Q IS 80.
FLoUR-The market for this important
staple continues quite dull, and In gen.
eral way presents but little that is new or
important. The inquiry continues light,
restricted entirely to supplying immediate
actual necessities, and as the impression |
prevails that prices will rule lower as soon
as new -four makes It's appearance, It Is
very probable that the hand.to-mouth pol |
icy, both on the part OF dealers and consul
mers, will be closely adhered to in the |
meantime. The outlook at the present |
writing Is favorable for cheap breadstutfs,
as the Wheat crop, not only In this coun- |
try, but in Europe as well, promises full
average yield. We repeat former quota.