Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-06

Weekly Rectesc.
ST.. PAUL, April 3, 1882,

Dry goods are quiet and regular. with
gradual increase in the amount of business
| transacted. Collections are substantially the
same as they usually are at this season of thu
year.
In the line of groceries there is great activ
| ity. AS mentioned last week Marshall corn Ii
still out of market and none will be received
till the new crop is gathered. White fish has
advanced to $7.25. Beans have advanced Q
| tritle. Pickles have declined to $500 pei
barrel.
Hardware is very active under the rule Of
prosperous times, and the wholesale dealers
| are kept very busy indeed. The decline men
toned in cable chains, handles, locks and
knobs are still maintained.
| Boots and shoes, and leather have not ex
perienced any change.
The lumber market continues quite active
and the advance made two or three weeks age
is well maintained, with no prospect of there
being any very soon, certainly no decline. The
high price of lumber has undoubtedly had
some effect in curtailing building arrange
ments.
WHOLESALE PRODUCE.
In this line stocks are abundantly large fol-
all demands while prices are petty well main.
tanned. The demand for all arti
Giles mentioned is good, and
there is great activity all around. st. Paul
has never had such a supply of fine fruit rs
she now has. While the supply is large the
demand is large. B. Presley & Co., furnish
the following quotations. Oranges-imperial
size Messina and Palermo 100 fruit $500.
Choice o. Messlna about regular size 200 to
220 fruit 81 50 to $500 per box. Small o. o.
oranges $500 to $4.25 per box.
Lemons-Choice to fancy bright smooth
Messina and Palermo, 81 0O@4. so per box. A
reasonable discount from these prices for both
Oranges and Lemons, OF 5, 10 or 20 box lots.
Apples-Choice Baldwins, $3.50; choice Rus
sets, $3.50; choice Greetings, $500 per Dbl.
Oysters-Selects, 40c; Standards, Soc. Figs
Choice New Layers, he per To-; second
quality, 80 pound boxes, &c per 10. Cider
Dufy's Rochester, N. Y, Clarified Cider,
SO 90 per bbl.; casks, &c per GAL; half bbls.,
ries-A few Wild Wisconsin, $500 per bushel
box. Bananas-Are nice, $3.00@5. 90 per
bunch, as to size. Apple butter, DC per h. !;
apple jelly, SC per pound. Maple sugar, ia
cakes and bricks, 12X C per pound. Coacoa
nuts 81 per hundred. Dates, New Arabian, in
trails, &c. Hickory nuts, new 81 per bu. Pea
nuts, "Ship'' brand, hand picked, Va. lie.
Oil Kaw oil, one barrel, 64c per gallon;
five barrels, CSC; ten barrels, &c. Boiled Sc,
per gallon extra. Llnseed meal, $3.50 per
ton.
Eggs are in good supply and have dropped
to Is to 49,
The quotations below give chicken, at 12@
13c and turkeys at 120l5c but of course, all
will understand, that at this season of the
year the quotation is substantially a nominal
one.
The trade in -four has been rather limited
and the market has ruled quiet during the
week, while prices have remained firm and
even strong. The following are the quota
tions: Patents 81 25@S.25 straights ST. 5O@
700; clears Sc OO96. SO; in barrels 25c extra.
Graham IS 1896 on per Dbl. Buckwheat flour
s6.00@S 90 per Dbl.
Brewers supplies-selling prices: Malt,
Sl25 per bnshel. New York hops, 30@32c;
Wisconsin hops, 2O@25; Washington Territory
hops, 38c per pound.
Lime, Cement, etc-There is good deal Of
activity in these articles and prices are strong.
Quotations are as follows: Oshkosh. Port
Byron and Milwaukee white lime, Sl.25 per
Dbl; Milwaukee cement, $3.50 per Dbl; Louis
vile cement, $1.75 per Dbl; plaster parties, $3.50
per bbl plastering hair, 30c per bushel; St.
Louis No. fire brick, SIS per Thousand.
Fire clay, $3.50 per barrel.
In regard to butter there is but little to be
said. Good choice table is now, as 1t has
been all along, very scar. e and is
in active demand. The poor stuff is always to
be found in abundance. Prices are un-
CuduRCu. TOE El1t-tuSc IdUCy QiCdmcIlcb
37@40c; extra choice dairy 32@35c; good do.
35@30c; fresh sweet roll and print 25@2Sc;
packing to fair roll and print, 14120c; ordi-
nary packing, 12@14c; then down to Sc.
In dressed meats the market Is firm. Hogs
arc quoted at 81 10000; beef, city dressed,
SS.00@S.50; outgoing IS 50@9. 90; Mutton,
city dressed, $40 50@l1 LOO; out going, Sl1.50;
country dressed, $3.50. Veal SS.50@9.00.
Onions $l.10 per bushel.
1%1f1 &C. fos- 70, -:
ment, and enough are coming in to supply the
city demand Prices range from S5c@Sl.
Cheese is without change; 12Ql5c.
Cattle-The supply is ample for the de-
mand, and prices are firm. Fancy Iowa steers,
Sc 00@7 90; choice Iowa steers, S. 00@6 90;
good to extra State steers, Sc 00Q6 50; fair,
S4.50@5.25; common lots, 81 0o@475; poorer
qualities, 50 SCOT 90; veal, calves, live, $500
@6.00.
Hogs-Receipts during the week have been
very light, and prices may be said to have
hogs, S6.O09s.25.
sheep-Good to fancy State sheep, $3.50
500. Fancy, S625@8 so.
Meats-Pork held at $3.50 per bill. Hams
l2@121sc; shoulders Sc; breakfast bacon
l21Sc, clear sidas 12c. Lard, tierces and barrels
l2c; kegs l2h C; pals 13c. Mess beef held at
Sl250 Buying prices Beef sides, city, "a
&C; mutton, O17qlIc; veal, o19WtUc.
Hdes-Receipts continue sufficient to hold
the market very level. Buyers are paying 64 C
for green; &c for green sailed; &c for dry
sailed, and 10c for dry green calf skins, steady
at 12c; green kip 9Hc.
Drugs, paints and oils are very active, and
quotations are not very materially changed
Balsam Cop. 8 Tolu have declined to Csc,
pure cream tartar &c, raw llnseed oil to &c,
and Boiled to Csc. Oil Anise has declined to
1910; oil cloves $40. Sassafras Csc; canary
seed &c. Otherwise quotations are unchanged.
Daily Rerfetc.
ST. PAUL, April 6, 1882.
ST. PAUL BOARD OF TRADE.
Business on the board yesterday was quite
limited. Wheat was very strong and ad-
vanced to $l.40. Corn was firm. Oats were
very strong. Barley was without change.
Ground feed was firm at quotations. The fol.
lowing are the quotations:
Wheat-No. hard, st.4o bid; No. 2
hard sl.S5 bid; No.2 S1.S0 bid; No. 4 S1.03
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