The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-15
wheeling Wholesale Market

that the hard times will continue to exist
just as long as the merchants and the
community at large continue to utter
jeremiads upon the condition of things.
II they persist IN saying that everything
is blue and depressed, and without any
hope Of resurrection, then business Will
be dull and dead, simply because out
siders have confidence in what the mer-
chants tell them, and do not try to buy
or sell. If on the other hand mer-
chants talk cheerfully, a more pros.
porous condition of affairs is sure
to follow. 1t is not necessary to create
a false confidence among the people by
any misrepresentation, but strive to
look on the bright side of events, and 1t
will soon amply repay you.
There has been considerable move
mont IN grain during the past week, and
-four has been quite active, with good
sales.
Provisions are fairly active at good
prices and SO are groceries.
Produce is sold in unusually large
quantities, the demand being brisk.
The wool men say that the new clip Of
wool will be heavier than last year, and
that the figures will be from 80 to S5
cents for it. There IS little or nothing
doing with the old clip.
BARK-Prime tanners bark is worth
S. 59a9 90 a cord Of rs cubic feet. Tanners
mostly supplied in this vicinity.
BUTTER-Brisk at l3al5c; apple butler
aloe per ID.
q 00a2 10 per bushel.
BEES WAX c per pound.
BAKING POWDER-2Ja35c per 10
BROOMs-Fancy 81 OOa2 53a3 10. COM
GHEESE = Demand good at lOIIc for
CRACKERs-Oyster 5a515o per pound;
CANNED GOODS-Firm at quotations;
peaches, 3 10 cans 81 OJa2 III doz 2 10 cans
Il 80. Tomatoes, y 10 cans 81 goal %; : 10 cans
UJ. \ .
corn 81 81; common corn ~. StrawoeT-
lies, / 10; pine apples s. OU. Lima beans,
rs; string beans / 25 peas, 81 1ja2I5
DRIED CORN-MOderate demand al sc
per 10.
1Aw currants &c per loi new layer raislns
200 per box: Valencia do. 714aSc per 10;
DruneS, new Sd9s per b: peaches, 5120
or halves; sc for mixed apples 3%aic.
E9GS-In better demand at ogJc.
hoy a -
lemons . 5Ja6 ~; green apples 8 UOa4 w
ELOUR-Brlsk atquotations. We quote
,uperdne at 81 7ja5 "; family 50 20; ign
grade family 50 %: fancy patent y ". Rye
So as 70.
EIsH-Quotations are TOR packages con-
tanning l0O pounds sound hsh light
Weights and inferior quality at plices TO
correspond. MackeTel-No. z, half hbls,
s. 90; NOS small hall bbis. & 80; medium
Ct 80, all iull weights. Potomac roe her
ring, none in market; Labrador herring
in oar -ais, 50 10. Goldfish %. Fresh ish
lOc uer ID: new Lake Herring in the
market, half bbls 81 IS.
FEATH ERS---Fair demand Tor good new
geese at 45C.
81 40.
GiNSENG-Dull at 81 IS.
N-Wheat-Market firm; choice
81 l0al Is. Corn, plenty at 4jC. oats, 2Sa soc.
Rye III taiT demand at SOC. Barley, no de-
mand.
GARDEN STUFF-Onious, 2Oc per doz.
punches; radi shes, 25a3J per doz punches;
red pep ,ers 35c per dOz; horse radlsh 32c
per doz. bun hes; turnips 25c per bus;
lima beans, dried, IL OOaJ w per Dushel;
Erout az jJa3 w per barrel; new cabbage
- ~ per barrel; green peas 81 10 per bus:
green beans S. ~; strawberries l2al5c per
box; Bermuda tOmai oes 81 coal 20 per box.
GROCERIES business improy Nc. Cor
IL ri
,noice 2Oc; Wheeling roast ii 2Uc;
Arbuckles roasted 2lc; Java 26c;
hid yellow 23c. syrup, common at 1Oc;
prime at i5a5Oc; fancy at 5Oao5c; New Or
leans molGsses, good sc; prime iZci choice
I6a4Sc. sugars are nrm, and the demand
Is good; crushed lOHc; powdered lU14c;
granulaJed loo; A coffee SAag%ci b coffee
&c; extra Z coffee So; commercial A
,ugar sc; { yellow &C; New Orleans is SELL
ing at 754aShc. Tea, Joiong sSa53c; Young
HySon 4OagJc; Gun powder lOCa w.
HONEY-In moderate demand at log2V
per pound, California lS92Oc.
HOMINY-S3 - per Dbl; demand only
moderate.
JELLIES-Assorted tumblers 81 ~ per
loZ. assorted wine glasses 9Oc per dOZ.
iRON-Bar market dull at S-lOg2 5-lOc
LEATHER-Demandd dull; business mod-
crate. We quote demlock sole zOa44c per
b: oak 33a36c; wax upper Ua22c per foot;
harness S2aS6c per 10 bride $40 UUajU " per
iOz. French and German cali skin ~ 2Od
10 per To-; American skins SOcaSl III
per 10.
NAILS-The following are the prices
adopted by the western Nail Association,
nc per key less than the prices given be-
ug charged for lots OF 2OO, and upwards,
&c extra ar half kegs: lOd TO 6Jd, & ~;
ID TO 81, 81 70; Cd to I'd, So co. Al TO cd,
3 Is /; 81 q OO; I'd, e. -.
Oils, &C-LaTd Oil, extra No, l winter |
rTained, 70; white, Miners Lamp 06ci |
yellow, SEC. Linseed oil, 68c. Turpentine
no charge iof packing. ~, .,-
~OULTRI-LhICk live, brisk at
4 75a2 10 per doz.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY mess pork ST. 90; |
clear mess Sl2 90. Hams, choice sugar |
cured Sc; good SC; in canvass 91qaSEe. |
Clear sides 6}2ar24c; shoulders, sugar cured |
5%aGC, plain &C. Break asst bacon SaoLc. |
Choice lard, in UerceS, nc; barrels, SC; !
half barrels, C; pals, &c: butchers lard SC. |
Hogs, choice, 3a5Ac; light, &c. Receipts /
light.
POTATOES-Demand dull: Irish 9Oa3jc |
per bus; new Irish % coat W per Dbl.
PEAS-SpIlt, demand light at &c per Id. |
RAGS-Demand moderate; l549lc per 10 |
RICE-Choice Carolina &c; prime &c; |
common &c.
sNUFF-7Uc; do in boxes OF six doz., 81 20 |
x 90.
sEEDS-Market dull; timothy is quoted |
It 81 50; Kentucky Blue Grass 81 o.; Or !
;hard Grass 81 so; Clover, red, 50 %; Red |
IALLOw-s Steady at nc for country
TOBACCO-Firm Navies, 51a5SC, accord |
ng TO brand: twists unchanged at |5aIVc. /
WHEELING STOGlES-Seil at siy 81 |
rr l,OGy.
W0oL-Nothing doing; washed 8oa8lc;
un yasnyd oue-thIrd OF.