Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-18
YESTERDAYS MARKETS.
No Important Changes In stocks--wheat
Active, Firm. and a Little Higher-.Corn
Advantageous Steady--General Re-
view Of Trade and Prices In st. Paul.
ST. PAUL, WEDNESDAY, Nav 1s

view OF TRADE ana PRICES In st. Paul.
ST. PAUL, WEDNESDAY, May IS.
Throughout the wholesale trade Of this city
the reports of this week are very favorable
Generally prices are steady, and in dry goods
and groceries there are no notable changes. In
drugs and oils changes are noted as follows:
Declined-Citric acid, balsam cop, camphor,
chloroform, gum opium, iodide pot, NOR
phine and lard oil. An advance OF glass is
thought to be impending because Of the great
demand of the season and the manufactures
being about to shut down for the summer. In
hardware, etc., prices of copper bottoms and
sheet zinc are shade lower.
The trade in hardware metals,
arrival of goods, which are held by the freight
blockades at Chicago. Trade in these lines
and in leather and findings, boots and shoes,
etc., is very active In all lines collections are
reported fair-bettcr than was expected, con-
sidering the time of the year and improving
| from week to weekly
In the fruit trade it is reported that there
are no apples which will well bear shipping.
| The best are quoted at $3.50Q4.00 per barrel
condition this season and suffer from the de-
lay at Chicago, so that 1t is necessary to throw
| out sometimes half in repacklng for shipment
| For sound and repacked We quote, Messinas
| $5500600; imperials $3.50. Good lemons
| 81. so; choice to extra S4.75@5.00; extra large
Palemos $5.25. Bananas, per bunch, SS.O0@
| 4. so, according to size. Cranberries, choice
cultivated, IS per Dbl. Figs, new layers, goa
22c; loose, in IA fb. boxes, 15c. Dates, new
Arabian, in trails, Sc.
| The seed trade of the season has been very
| large, but is now partly over. Clover and
| timothy seed were nominally unchanged al
$475 and $2.S5 respectively. Millet is firm al
| 81. rs and Hungarian at $l.40-both being in
| unusual demand on account Of the scarcity OF
| reliable corn seed. The latteris held at $3.Ot
per bushel and is not to be had in large guam
| titles Southern seed corn, for fodder crops,
| sells at S1.25 per bushel.
The lumber trade is exceedingly active just
| now in filling orders which have been held
pending the opening of southwestern roads, in
| looking after delayed shipments, and in placing
| new orders as fast as cars can be obtained. The
volume of the movement southwestward may
| be Judged from the st. James report to the
Lumber line for Saturday last, which was
| LOADED cars received, III; do. forwarded
| H."
| ON THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Prices on the board of trade yesterday were
changed from the corresponding day of las
week as follows: Wheat lie lower; corn Il
higher; oats \ C lower; ground feed SOC lower
Barley, rye, bran and hay unchanged. Prices
and transactions yesterday were as follows: =
Wheat-No. hard, Csc bid; No. 2 do, 95c
No. 8, S5c, No. 4, 75c.
: Corn-No. 2 cash 45c bid.
Oats-No. 2 white size bid; Csc ask
ed; No. do, SEC bid; No.2 mixed, cash an
May, Soc bid, Sic asked; do June 35c bid, SO
asked;I No. 8, mixed, 35c bid.
Barley-No. 2, Csc bid; No. extra, 9Oc
No. 8, soc.
Rye-No. 2, CSC bid.
Ground Feed-One car sold at $3.50 per tor
Baled Hay $12.00 bid.
Potatoes One car sold at SIC per bushel.