Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-12
san Francisco siarn OTIS.

SAN FRANCISCO, April TO-
Honey-The market remains
quiet at the following rates for large
and small lots; strained, 4@6c for
clear to extra clear; comb, 6@9c
per ib. Potatoes-The supply is
very large and the bottom appears
to have been knocked out of the
market for most grades; sales of
800 scks Tomales in small lots at
75c@Sl, which are the extremes for
this description, the outside figures
being paid for 60 SKIS choice; 100 SKIS
fair Petaluma sold at SOC; quotable
at 5O@86Ac for all grades; Humboldt
Reds, $l@l 12f; Peachblow. S72@95
cents; Early Rose, $1@l 124; River
Reds, 45@50c; new, $1@l 70;
sweet, $2@2 so per GENITAL.
Fruit-Strawberries were sold this
morning at l5@lSc per basket,
or $12@13 per chest; apples are
quoted at 5Or@S1.50; pears at 75c@
1925 per box; California oranges,
$76lO for small, S12 so TO SIS for
medium, and $25@35 fer thousand
for large; Tahiti oranges, Sl0@l5
per thousand; Panama and MeXi-
can do, $3@3.50 per hundred; Cit
rons, 2@2 So per hundred; lemons,
81 509S SO per box for Sicily, and
$S@14 per thousand for California,
outside figure for choice; lines,
$lOG12 for Mexican, and S5@7 so
per thousand for California; pine
apples, $6@S per dozen; Bananas,
$2@4 per bunch; Cranberries, in
water, SIS for bbls and 1925 aud 6
5 and 10 gallon kegs respectively.
Wheat-The market remains weak.
especially for ordinary and only
fair grades. Choice lots are scarce,
ar: holders of such are firm in ask
ing full rates; neither millers nor
shippers, however, seem disposed
to make purchases, except of small
lots to meet present requirements.
Sales on Change this morning of
300 sacks good milling. ST. 65; $50
sacks fair do, ST. 81; 1000 sacks or
dinary shipping, ST 57a; 700 sacks
off grade, ST 20; 425 sacks DO, 81 40.
Yesterday afternoon there were
sales of 5000 centals fair
shipping alongside, at 81 67a.
Barley-Market very dull and
weak. The only sale reported to.
day was one lot of 100 SKIS choice
coast feed at 774c. Ordinary to
choice coast feed, in round lots,
may be quoted at zoe to 75c; brew
ing, $1@1.15 per ctl. With strong
prOhab Titles Of a stoppage of ship.
ments overland and a decrease in
The demand for Australia, the pros
pects of obtaining fair prices for
the new crop, which is expected to
be large, are anything but favor
atle.
sa,ne Advantages of Flooding the
COiOrae- Desert.
NEW York, April 10.-The Her.
aid says: There are some glorious
advantages, aside from commercial
copsiderations,t to be gained by the
fioo,llpg of the Colorado desert,
which Governor Fremont proposes
for Arizona. Some millions of rat
tlesnakes would be put where they
would do the most good; thous-
and or two very bad Indians and
Mexicans might do the world an
inestimable service by being
drowned unawares, aud the authors
of Far West literature for boys
would lose so much of their favor
lie territory that they might be dis
eouraged into silence.
phy.ical GOudision OF MIR. Tiidcn
NEW YORK. April 10.-The Bal
timore Gazette, Democratic organ
savs. Gentlemen who called al
Grammercy Park the other day
found Mr.. Tilden in o wretches
condition. He was confined to BET
and could only speak In low whisp
ars His right side Is paralyzed
He lost the use OF his left eye ant
isupable to take any solid foot
whatever. The story was subse
quently denied.
r.w Presideati~s Candidate. suK
p..sed-Fa-Id aud Ramdn,l.
NEW YORK, April 10Th
World says: 1t ought to be under
stood in Washington, as 1t Is per
fectly we'll understood In NeV
Vork. that there Is no Democrat
Northern or southern, VINO mign
not be made Chairman OF the Way
and Means with less positive dan
GER and less probable disgrace t
she Democratic party than Fernan
40 Wood. Randall may find
nsrd to understand this now
There will bs no difficulty, hoy
avar. In teaching him te understan
~ some, time before the Nations
DemScratIc- Convention INV
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