The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-17
FINANcIAL AND COMMERCIAL 4
wheeling wholesale Market.
ovyrCR DAILY 1STELlldENcER,
wednesday, August 10.

Tbs,, ia no Improvement to, report In
.n"ssI business, and while some Of our
sS,srchsnts and manufacturers are hopeful
~ M = reviyal before long, others are disposed
n be respondent. In Grain and Flour,
business continues very tame, and as 1t is
expected that prices viii rule lower, both
dealers and consumers are buying sparing'
", carrying no more stock than Ia neceSsa-
~ to supply their immediate wants. With
the exception Of Sugar, fol. which there Is
steady demand, the Grocery trade Is also
dull. For the Hog products there Is con:
tinued good demand, and while the general
tone Of the market Is weak, there has been
no recent chasge in prices. Eggs continue
dull: Batter Is also quiet, while the Cheese
market Is steady with very fair demand.
Fruits continue abundant, and prices low,
er than they have been for several years.
APPLEs-There Is no improvement 10 re-
port In the demand, and with the market
oyerstoeked and dull, prices are tbarely
maintained; 5OcaSl 90 per Dbl. as to quality
and condition. Farmers in the adjoining
country are now bringing in almost enough
to supply the demand, hence commission
PEACIIEs-Per box, 5Oca$l 25.
DITIkh-1Hb ACt Hhas
week has been rather quiet; the demand
for real fine table Butter was about equal TO
the supply, but OF all other grades the sup;
ply has accumulated. Quoted at 15alSc.
BAKING POwDER-35a3Sc per lib.
BgooMs-Fancy, s. 25a4 75a6 Is; plain
Sc 50a2 rs.
BERswAx-25c. i
CANNED Goops--There is no demand.
The following ,are-the current jobbing
rates: Peaches, 3 pound cans per doz'
en-, 50 %; 2 ID cans, 81 IS; 8 Id cans
tomatoes, 81 80; 2 ID cans tomatoes
$125; Wipslow corn, 9 lb cans, 81 l5i sweet
corn, So; common corn, 81 65; strawber-
ries, 2 ID cans, 81 80; blaekberries, ID
cans, 81 90; raspberrles, 2 ID cans, 81 90;
plumS, 2 ID cans, 81; lima beans, 2 lib cans,
81; cove oysters, ID cans, 81 90; 2 ID cans
81 90. ..N
CHERsR-Is in better supply, the re-
ceipts during the past week having been
quite liberal, but with a steady demand
there has been no accumulation and prices
are still maintained, notwithstanding the
reports from New York are not very favor
able. Prime Ohio Factory quoted at So
a9c.
CmcEENs-Spring, per dozen, 81 Ooa
9 70; old do s. OOa9 60.
DRIED FRUIr-Nothing doing. Peaches
ARE quiet at lie mixed; 14c for pTime'halves.
Other quotations: Prunes, 6a61Ec; Cur
rants, Sc; Layer Raisins, 50 95; Valencia,
Toe. -r- .,... !.
EGGs-Continue very dull, the supply Of
good fresh stock is by. no means large.
There Is considerable stale stock which
dealers are working Of as best they can,
and the probability is that the most OF 1t
will have 10 be hauled TO the river as il Is
unfit ioruse. Quoted at Sal0c.
=FIsu-There Is fair trade but no change
ia 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, 81 so. Hall bbls. No.
3 Inaekerel 81 75;, No. 2 s. so. -l..
FLoUR-The market here continues quiz
ct and presents but little that Is important;
the inquiry is still restricted mainly to
supplying Immediate wants, and II is not
to be expected that there will be any i'm
provement in the demand until prices are
better established. Both dealers and con-
sumers are expecting lower range Of pri-
ces rs soon rs the new stock commences to
move, and it is reasonable to suppose that
they will adhere pretty closely to the hand.
to.mouth policy in the meantime. We re-