Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-06
General Markets.

General Markets.
The fruit business has Stacked up good
deal on account of the advent of cold
weather which has pretty effectually put a
stop to shipping by freight. Before cold
weather set in everybody laid in stocks and
the market will continue dull, probably, till
these stocks are exhausted and the
approach of warmer weather. Apples in
car lots $3G3.50, as to quality and variety.
In small way $3.5O@3.75. California
pears, choice winter fruits, $3.75@4.25, &C.
cording to variety. California ounces,
$3.50. California grapes are all gone.
Oysters run all the way from 25@4Oc, ac-
cording to whether the cans are solid fills
Or not and according to quality. Oranges
from Florida are making their appearance
in our market now in good supply at $3.50
per box. Louisiana in barrels, $3@1O per
barrel. Choice Messina lemons, S. per
box; there are some Maiagas in the market,
but they are green and bitter
Domestic grapes are in good supply
at 8@10c per ID for Isabellas:
Malaga grapes in barrels $6.5O@ $50,
kegs, $4@4.5O. These are choice goods
and good for all winter. Choice and new
layer figs, 1Sc per pound. New Arabian
dates 1Oc per pound. Choice Jersey Gull
tivated cranberries SIS. These are extra
large barrels and somewhat larger than the
Wisconsin barrels. Chestnuts 1O@12c per
pound. Cider (Duffy's, Rochester, N. Y.,)
$3.50 per barrel, 26c per gallon. Fine
Missouri and Kentucky cider can be had
at $3.50 per barrel, $3.50 per half barrel.
Peanuts, hand picked, new crop, 11c
Teragona almonds, zoe; English walnuts,
1Sc; Brazil nuts, 1Oc; flberts, 14c; pecans,
12c; Sicily shelled almonds, in twenty five
five pound boxes, 35c per pound.
DRESSED MEATs-Hogs are in good sup
ply at $7@7.25. Veal, 8@1oc. Mutton.
city dressed.7 csc; country dressed @615c
LIVE Hoes $5.75@6 per 100
lbs, and the demand is good under these
figures.
CATTLE-The receipts in this line are
fair, and the market is steady, and of
the two rather quiet, with quotations
substantially unchanged. Choice steers,
$4.25@ $3.50; fair to good, So 25@ 81: good
mixed, $50 $40. Cows $4O@ $65.
SHEEP-In good supply and moderate
demand and range in price from $500
S4.50 per 100 pounds.
OIL-Raw oil, one barrel. Soc per gal
Ion; in car lots, SIC; five barrels, SOC: ten
barrels, sac. Boiled, Sc per gallon extra.
Linseed meal, S21 in car lots, per ton: S22
single ton.
CRANBERRIEs are out of market, that is
sc far as first hands are concerned.
BUTTER-Gocd well packed butter is in
demand at the prices quoted under the
head of commission dealers. There is
lot of roll and print coming to market that
is in poor condition, owing to bad packing
and bad handling that will sell much
cheaper.
PoTAToEs.-The potato trade is about
ended. The weather is too cool for them.
They are quoted on the board of trade in
car lots at 45c.
DRESSED POULTRY and chick
ems are coming in pretty freely, but the
demand is not very great just at present,
as people were pretty well supplied
Thanksgiving day. Turkeys ranged from
S@9c, and chickens, ducks and geese the
same.
PRovIsIoNs-Mess pork, S1s.e5@ 1880:
hams, 1472c; clear bacon, scarce, 12h;
spiced and breakfast bacon out of
market; shoulders, lie; fierce lard, 1115@
12c; key lard, 12@ 1215c; wooden pals. 20
pounds, 1874 q 10 &c; tin pals, 3 pounds,
142c: 10 pounds, lie; mess beef, Sill so
per barrel; smoked beef, 1115 per pound.
BEANS Sl.5O@2 .55 per bushei for medi-
I'm to choice hand picked.
EGGs-Still continue to come in in pretty
good supply, but the demand is not very
active. They viii bring from 25G &c.
ONIoNs-30c per bushel, Ger lots; farm
wagons 30@ 35c.
OYsTERs-Standard, 3Sc; selects 48c per
can.
BREWERS SUPPLlEs-Malt still continues
To stand at 90@95c. Hops were noted
last week as having declined, and it was
expected they wsuld 90 lower. So far
they have not declined any more. and still
stand at S1.15 for Washington, and &12O
for New York.
LIME, CEMENT, ETo.--Are dull and mac
tive.owing to the substantial closing of the
building season. Quotations are as follows:
Oshkosh, Port Byron and Milwaukee white
lime, S1o5 per bbl.; Milwaukee cement,
$3.50 per Dbl; Louisville cement, $1G5
per Dbl; plaster paris. 1928 Per Dbl. !;
plastering hair, 35c per bushel; St Louis
No. fire brick, S45 per thousand; fire clay,
$3.50 per Dbl.
Flour is quiet and dull. Quotations are:
patents S6@6.75: straights, S5.5096.25:
clears. $50 5.75. Low grades, saga per
Dbl.
Board of Trade.
The market on the board was still
weaker yesterday. and during the week il
has been quiet and dull. Wheat is steadily
declining and prices are really nominal