Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-15
COMMERCIAL.
Weekly Review-State of the St. Paul Mar
kets-Wheat Steady and Unchanged
Same With COrn-By Telegraph-Wesk-
ness in Observation-Disclosures Stocks
Irregular but Advanced

ness in Governments-Railroa Stocks
Irregular but Advanced
ST.. PAUL, Dec. 10. 1850.
No. hard wheat, quoted yesterday at 90c;
No. 2, do, at SIC; and No. 8, 75c, all bids and
for cash. For December delivery, No. 2 was
bid at SIC. Holders firm.
Corn-Steady and nominally unchanged.
No. 2, old, was held at 40c; No. 2, new, bid at
SIC and held at $50. for cash. with sales of one
oar at the latter figure. No. 2, May, bid Ale,
and held at 4Sc.
Oats were steady and firm as they have been
all the week, and at the close of the board had
a. stronger tendency tend No o., l. white
No. 3, do, 29c bid, $3.50 asked; No. 2, mixed,
29c bid; No. 8, do, Csc bid, and 2S15c asked
All the above for cash.
Barley, steady and unchanged in price, but
firmer; No. 2, bid 75c, No. 2 extra Csc, and No.
common, SOC, all for cash bids. December,
No. 3, common. 5Sc, and extra No. 8, same
delivery, Csc.
No. 2, rye, higher, quoting at re bid cash.
Ground feed higher, $l6. so.
Corn meal unchanged, $3.50.
Bran steady and unchanged at $3.50.
Flax seed, unchanged. Csc.
Street prices on wheat are lower and rate s
.,
4, 65c, and rejected, Soc.
Baled hay $l2. 00@13 90.
Live hogs $4.00.
Dressed hogs "a. 80.
The fruit trade has improved during the late
warm spell, especially the apple traffic, which
quote by B. Presley Co as follows
Apples, choice Michigan, 81. 00@2.25 in
small lots; Missouri Genitans, $225.
California fruit very scarce. Pears 81. 500
500; plums 81 90; Tokay grapes, 20 pound cases,
So 70; Muscat So. 30.
Malaga grapes, half barrels, Sc 00@6. 90;
| barrels SO. 50@lO. o..
Oranges, Louisiana, per barrel 81. So box
$3.50.
Lemons $7.00@7. so for good to choice.
Oysters, plain standards Csc. standards SOC;
| standard selects 35c; selects 40c.
Figs, new layer, &c. Light crop and high.
Dates, new, in skin fraiis, Sc.
Peanuts. fancy II. p. &c; choice Sc; eagle
515c; red Tennessee sc.
Chestnuts l0@12c per pound.
Hickory nuts, Ohio shellbarks g. so per
bushel; large 81 so per bushel. Are very
scarce and will be higher.
Black wslnuts S1.50 per bushel.
Nuts, cocoanuts 800 per hundred; new
Texas pecans 12c; walnuts I5c; Brazil 10c;
filberts I4c; s. s. almonds, Teragona Zoe;
Ivica Zoe.
Cranberries, choice cultivated per box SI5O;
per barrel 81 so.
Cider. half barrels $3.50; barrels $500;
casks, aS gallons, zoe per gallon.
We add to last weeks quotations in this line
Valencia oranges, cases containing 420 sound
fruit, SO 90.
Palmero oranges 81. 5O@5. 90 per box.
In hardware and finished iron and steel there
is better business than ever before known 1T
this season OF the year. Collections are
promptly met. Tin plates are lower, az is also
common sheet iron. These are the only ma
terial changes.
Leather and findings remain as last week,
and boots and shoes the same; all firm, with
upward tendency, and sure to advance sharply
On the first of January.
In country p-'>'" =" most marked change
is In hides which .oly much declined, dea-
con skins being 10 cents lower, aud green fro
zen dropping quarter OF a cent.
Eggs are higher.
Potatoes also have gone up. and onions are
stronger than usual, bfin .ing tears from buy
ers at 81. 00@1.25.
Tallow has CREASED the track and slid up to
SIC.
BGckwheat -four is added this week and
quotes at $3.50 600.
Groceries show no practical change although
sugars are up from 4 to q a cent higher than
quoted. Coffee is weaker.
Ground feed is scarce with dealers and in
active demand.
Corn meal exhibits strong tendency with
commission buyers and is on the upward
move.
Flour sill stands at the same quotations as
last week as given beIoY.
Lumber Il firm and the movement is heavy
No changes in price or freight rates are re-
corded.
The week just closed has shown an extra
heavy business for the time of year. Trade in
holiday goods is unusually liberal and it is
probable that there was never before SO fne an
array of all that is elegant and costly ia that
line ever before shown up in st. Paul.
a Ne~ York dispatch of last evening say
Cotton goods continue to move freely on ao-
count of old orders and prices are firm, but the
current demand is light. Prints are quiet and
steady. White goods, piques and quilts in
fair demand. Heavy clothing woolens are
sluggish. Spring oassimeres and worsted coat
iDgs in moderate request
Yarns and fabrics at Manchester firm.