The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-02
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Mheeling Wholesale sIarket.
oEE1oE DAILY INrRLLGRYoER,
WaHnaRdav March 1

| OBHIUE DAILY lNThllAlbhNShh1
Wednesday, March l. J
General business has been rather better
during the past week. The bad condition
Of the roadsis keeping back country orders,
Ms Il has been almost impossible to move
ANYTHING BY horse power, and fine weather
wcuId have a most favorable influence upon
trade generally. As regards the leading
marketS. there havebeen no new or impor.
tant features during the past week; the de-
mnnd far all the leading staples Is still con-
fined 10 supplying immediate wants, while
nS reynrds values there have been no impor-
BrTTRR-The receipts have been quite lib.
rral during the past week, but mostly conf
mon In point OF quality; in consequence the
market is dull for lower grades, OF which
The supply Is steadily accumulating, but
there Is a steady demand for prime table
stock, and the supply Of this character is
small, prices are fairly maintained. We
quote at 2Sa2Sc.
BAKING PowDER-35aSSc per ID.
BRooMs-Fancy, s. 25a4 76a6 %; plain
So 50a2 70.
BEBswAx-25c.
CANNED Goops-There Is very fair de-
mand reported, but no change in
prices. The following are the prevail.
Ing jobbing rates: Peaches, 8 Id cans
per dozen, So So 9 lb cans, 81 IS; lib
cans tomatoes, 81 65; Q ID cans tomatoes,
81 so: Winslow corn, Glib cans, 81 IS; sweet
corn, 50: common corn, 81 65; strawbcr-
ries, 2 ID cans, 81 90; blackberricS, 2 ID
cans, 81 so; raspberries, 2 lib cans, So 80;
plumS, Q ID cans, So; lima beans, ID cans,
S9:l cove oysters, ID cans, 81 GOAL %.
CHEESE-There has been very fair de.
mand during the past week, and the mar
ket for prime stock Is steady but unchanged;
the demand for export has been unusually
large t1iis month, and stocks at the scaboard
arc considerably reducded in consequence.
Prices, however, have undergone no change.
We quote Ohio factory at 1870, and New
York at l4Ac.
CIDEE-COntinue dull; still quoted at 50
a10 per barrel.
CnANDERRlHs - The market continues
quiet and unchanged; quotable at 81 GOA
4 50 per bushel, according to quality.
DRIED FRUIT : The market Is with
out important changes to note. Prices
are firm ut 10a1lc tor prime to choice
Dried Apples. Peaches nre quiet at ia
lac for prime halves. Other quotations:
Prunes, 6Hc; Currants, Sc; Layer Raisins,
So IS; Valencia, II cents.
EGGs-Quotation remain at l5al6. The
future will be governed mainly by the
weather. --s-
Fisn-Quotations are for packages con.
tanning 100 pounds OF sound fish; light
weight and inferior quality at prices to
correspond. Goldfish nominal at 6a6Hc.
Lake herring, s. 75a4 90. Plckerel, s. 60a
4 90. Trout, 81 75a5 90. White Fish, So 90.
FLoUR-We can report only moderate
trade, as the demand Is chiefly for small lots
to supply immediate necessities, and while
good .fiours are still holding their own, In.
different or poor stock is hard to work Of at
any price. The general position OF the
market at the present writing does not
promise much to those interested in having
higher prices, nor is it likely that good
stock will be much, II any, cheaper,
In view of the scarcity and high price OF
good sound wheat. We continue former
mutations: