The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-10
LOCAL MATTERS.

SATURDAY EVENING MARKETS-VEGETA-
BLEs PLENTIFUL-FIsH, FLESH, Fowl,
FRUIT, FLOWERS, AND FANCY ARTICLES IN
| lABUNDANCE.-The markets Saturday were
very we'll supplied, and those that had the
wherewitbal 10 purchase and went home
dissatisfied must indeed have been epcu-
rean in tlRir tastes. There. were peas,
peaches, and pineapples; cymlins, cabbage,
cherries, and cucumbers; fish, flesh, fowl,
fruit, flowers, and fancy articles in plenti-
full abundance. Below will be found the
current rates for the principal articles:
Cucumbers, soc. per dozen; potatoes,
head: lettuce, 12c. per dozen; snaps, soc.
per peck; peas. Zoe. per peck: asparagus,
10c. per bunch ); cyrnlins, 10c. per dozen; ;
beets. to sc. per bunch; onions, to &c.
per bunch; peaches, 20c. per quart; rasp-
berries, 20c.; strawberries, 10c.; goose
berries, &c.; blackberries, &c.; cherries,
10c.: June apples, 10c.
Fish were the scarcest article offered.
Trout, 20 to csc. per bunch; sheephead, 10
| to 1870. per pound; herrings, soc. per
dozen; mackerel, so to soc. per pair; stur-
geon, sc. per pound; bonito (very delicious),
| 10 to 125c. per pound; crabs, % to 40c. per
| dozen; clans, l0c. per dozen.
The stalls for country produce might be
said to have been overstocked. The dis
play was very fine one. Butter sold at
| from Is to zoe. per pound for prime; eggs,
| II to 15c. per dozen; spring chickens, 20 to
| SOC. per pair; old fowl, 10 to soc. per pair.
The butchers had a large and choice as
sortment OF veal, beef, pork, lamb, &c.
Prices varied from 10c. for Indifferent to
! 1Gsc. per pound for choice cuts.
Pincapples sold at 10c. apiece; oranges,
40c. per dozen; lemons, SOC. per dozen.
There was fine display OF seasonable
flowers. These reared their heads among
the onions, red pepper, sturgeon, and fresh
| herrings, and were as welcome as oases III
the sandy deserts.
There was q good supply OF canned fruit
and tomatoes, honey, hominy, herbs, and
other articles, too numerous to mention. 1t
is pleasure to be able to say that as large
and as varied rs was the supply that the de-
mand seemed equal to it, and the spirit OF
traffic seemed in its liyeliest mood. There
were as usual any number OF snack and ice
cream women, boy peddlerS, and persons en-
gagged in selling old clothing and other odds
and ends. 1t was busy but not diSorderlY
scene. The person who never attends Satur-
day evening or night market knows but little
OF the worlds hustle and excitement. 1t
is ANYTHING but clear, placid stream. To-
wards nightfall the buyers increased in
number, and the marketmen were taxed to
their utmost to attend to their wants, and
when, at 9 O'Clock, the bell sounded to close
I'D there were but few who were not will
ing to seek their beds in peace and comfort.
CoNvEYANCEs OF REAL ESTATE FOR TIE
WEEK ENDING JUNE S, 1S7S.-Lots fronting:
100 feet on Reservoir street corner Wallace
street, ISL 5-12 feet on Reservoir street cor
ner Beverly street, G3 7-12 feet on Reservoir
street corner DobSon street, for l,150; ii
feet on Eighth street between Baker and
Preston for $50; 80 feet on Denny street
for 1924; 30 feet or Fourth street between
Clay and Leigh for S2,475; 81 feet on Sc
cond street near Leigh for S1,070; 3553 feet
on Cary street near Jefferson for $500; 80
feet on reservoir street near Taylor for
$500; 25 1-12 feet on Main street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth for $4,000; 20
1-l2 feet on Main street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth for S14,50O; 33 feet on
Twenty-seventh street between Leigh aad
NJ for 1851; 81 5-12 feet on Fifteenth street
near Franklin for $3,005; 805 feet on Ma
Die street near Poplar for $246; 235 feet on
Leigh street near Gilmer for 1882; 46 l-6
feet on Leigh street near Gllmer for Si,l5O;
2Os feet on Main street corner Nineteenth
for 900; 33t feet on Louisiana street near
Fourth for $133; 90 feet on Second street,
for S2,995; "a feet on Fulton street for
S13S.