The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-20
DALLAs. Monday Afternoon, }
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Trade opened dull and Irregular this morn
Ing, but improved rs the day rolled along. Nc
that we had u fair business upon the whale
for Monday-and for hot July day. This Il
lazy weather. and quite enervatlng TO human
nature and consequently to all manner Of
business.
Dispatches from the west note meats easier
with hackers In stock once more. There Is nc
trouble Jr dlipg orders promptly now Bacon
IA steady b. era with short clear sides held ut II
cents Tha demand to day was active, In
deed more meats are selling than any other
five ar.lcles In grocery stores,
Flour continues active. 1t was never In het-
ter demand In the history OF the city.
Stocks OF imported and city manufacture
are at last ample to fully meet the trade.
The City mills having failed To get the quality
of Texas wheH necessary TO pack their finest
brands OF flour have sent to Kansas CITY for lt,
and In a short while will be making IL fully
up 10 the old standard. In second, third ami
fourth grades they are tuAning out from 900
to make In quotations OF city, viz, 81 s5a2 90
per hundred, and fancy So 10. Imported
fancy IN selling at so l593 10, having declined
fully 10 cents FER hundred.
Corn sells occasionally, and at IS for mixed
and go for white. Just about the last car of
imported for this season IL now being whit
tied OF. We presume the corn mills will
bring more, and until Texas gets hard enough
TO prlnu, beV6Iul WcoAb
Sugar Is very firm, though not quotably
higher. There was q little furry last week
about quarantining New Orleans, which Of
course effected Louisiana grades Ia that 1t
made them sitter, which spell they have
be shut OF, but New York will be left open,
and we think sugar and molasses can be-
found for sale there.
Coffee Is steady. The stock In the city Ia
moderate.
Shelf goods are duh and neglected, espeo.
tally canned and Jared. They are out OF sea-
son.
Peaches are in poor supply of tho bet
ter grades, such as there are, arc
held ut 81 per box from first hands
and by retailers ut two for a nickel and 30 and
40 cents per dozen. They, of course, az tn,
price shows, are dead scarce The smaller or
poorer grades bring % cents der bucket, and
ara sorry. They will do to eat If your cream
and sugar are rich enough.
Apples Of this seasons growth do not i'm
prove In quality. They hold up at So per
bushel and are scarce at that,
We are receiving splendid grapes Dealers
are paying for cholcs lots and cents
per pound, and have all offered from Dallas
county vineyards they can handle Finerdo
not grow IN any land under the sun, not eN-
cepting the Latin sta es of Europe.
Choice table country butter Is scarce and IN
demand In the city to-day. 1t Is firm at lac,
per pound, and all sound stock readily accept
ed nj that Agure. ON stock l0@l24c
Eggs are scarce, and fresh readily bring l9h
cents, Oilstock 1@lO cents.
Hides are unchanged and slow We quote
dry Stint 10 cents, with all Offering readily
taken.
There isrotonough wool offering to reject
real values Dallasis n poor IN lrlkot Tor 1t for
some reason or ther-~well the truth H. they
have AL been pOer markets this season from
Boston down. for the reason 'iescaliy rings
have control of them. But they have failed |
to gobble up the spring clip by u long shot.