New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-24
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PRICES IN THE MARKETS.

PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
A PROSPEROUS WEEK FOR THE DEALERs-POUL-
TRY AND GAME HIGHER-GRocEREs LITTLE
CHANGED
The week preceding Christmas has been pros
porous one for the market-men. Fish have been
rather lower than they earlier in the month,
while poultry of all kinds has been selling high.
few shad were received yesterday which were soldier
81 80 each. Black bass from the South are 20 cents
Salmon trout, fresh c&ught, IS cents, and fresh
caught whitefsh are 20 cents Small green
pickerrl are Is cents green turtle is selling at 20
Terrapin ranges from S15 to 1886 dozen; that from
the South bringing SO, and the diamond-backs
$36 Little Neck clans are 90 cents q hundred
seal ops 81 cents a quart. and crawfsh S3 per 100
Oysters are plenty Saddlc-rocks bringing 80 hun
dreG; East Rivers and Shewsburys 81 so, and Blue
Points 70 cents. Hard crabs are So a hundred,
and soft crabs 81 dozen. Frogs legs are worth 80
cents pound.
Among the salt water fish, live cod is selling for
10 cents hadlock 10 cents, aud white halbut %
cents Bass are 30 cents. Dressed GELS are lScerts.
Live Holsters aro selling at 10 cents and boiled
Holsters II cents. Fresh-caught salmon are 81 80
pound. while the frozen ere only 40 cents.
fresh mackerel sell from 10 to %
cents. and Spanish mackerel are 3D.
Smells are in great abundance, and sell for 10, 10
and 20 cents. the highest priced coming from Rhode
Island. Blueish are 10 cents and sheepshead are
20. Red snappers are ranging from ii to 20 cents
A novelty in the fish market IS Whtebait, which
comes from the southern side of Long Island AID
sells for rs cents pound.
There was rot much change in the price Of
meat last week. Prime rib roasts cost from
20 to - cents; fet Of beef, 80; porterhouse
steaks from % 10 Is: sirlon steaks, %, and sir
oin roasts, % to %; Tongues are from go to 70
cents apiece Hams being 10 cents pound,
shoulders ~ homeless bacon, centsand lOins of
pork. 13. Lamb brings II cents for fore-quarters
and rs cents for headquarters. Mutton is about
cents cheaper than lamb A shin of beef costs go
cents. Cornei beef ia 10 cents pound and
| a-a-modc beef from 10 to II cents Sweetbreads
are of various prices some selling for - a dozen,
! while others cost ST. Boz gna sausage IS II cents
| pound. Veal outlets are % cents.
Poultry and game are plentiful and OF good quail
! itv. state turkeys brought % cents pound, dry
| picked % cents. and wild turkey from 30 to 40
| Dry-plckrd chickens are % cents, capOns 30 and
State l0ws H. and II. Philadeph& turkeys sold for
% cents. Delaware turkeys mt the same price while
| those from Chicago brought the lowest price-1S
| and 20 cents STATE geese are 10 cents, wOOdcOck
are 70 cents pair, pa tridgeS 81 70, 81 80
and English pheasant5 ~. The canyaSback ducks
! from Havre de Grace cost 50 30 pair while those
| from Norfolk are dollar cheaper Mall irds are
| ~ pair, and zeal are the same price. Quail are
| 50 90 per Dozen plOver 3d. and supe -. VensGn
Is from 20 TO 20 cents pound. ilares BRING rs
cents pair rabbits 30 cents and squirrels 81 30 Il
| dozen Bears meat IS 30 cents. Wild mongrel
goose from Boston Is considered very ilue and sold
| for 40 cents pound aud 81 each is paid for wild
geese. Reed birds 81 so per dozen, wild pigeons
! ~ 80 and rail birds 81 90
| Early Rose potatoes 81 % barrel and Bur
banks 81 SquashaS 81, turnips 80 cents, rd onions
| 70. and carrots 50. Globe artIchOkes from France
are SO per Dozen and salad green's 10 cents quart.
| Hyt-hOuse lettuce ls 10 cents bunch, corn "A ad
10 cents quart, bleached dandeliOns %, tomatoes
from Boston 80, and celery 20 cents bunch. Gran
berries are 20 cents quart, and spinach ~ bas-
| ket.
Apples are becomin. scarce. SpitZenbergs are
| 80 and 80 a barrel, and King apples the same,
| while GilhfOveTs are So. Duchess pears are 81 %
| a dOzen and Benrre pears 81. PersimmOns DrlrS 20
| cents "a quart Catawba grapes II cents pound,
and Malaga grapes from SO toss barrel. Turkish
prunes can be bought Tor cents pound, ana those
from France for 0 and 10 cents. Florida oranges
cost - 30 and 30 box, Nal"nciaS from 80 tc97 %
| aud Messinas from 81 80 10 p3. Creamery butter
FROM 2S to 30, cooking from 20 to % ana oleo-
| margarine at %. Good cheese Is 10 cents.
| The sugar market is steady-patent loaf cut,
crushed and powdered selling at 0@l cents, and
| ranges from 40 to so cents English break flst from
80 to 80 and Young Tyson from 40 10 n. Gun-
| powder is 80 cents and ncOlored Japan 81. Java
| coffee roasted and ungrOuGd, IS 20 cents ana
Mocha 80. Chocolate Is 40 cents cocoa shell
10 and brOma 10. New Orleans mOasses sells Tor
! 10 GEMS per gallon and Porto Rico for 80 while
drip syruu brings 81 TO- golden drip 80, and maple
syrup 81 80 Olive oil is sold for 81 70 PER quart,
| The Minnesota white wheat flour - 90 barrel
| and the ST. Louis IS 20. Graham Hour Is 81 rye
| So aud buciiwheat ~ 30. Macaronl COSTS S3 50
| Der box irish oatmeal is selling at 8 cents pound
| and that from Ohio at cents. ATowrOot Is 30
cents corn starch cents, Carolina rice and rice
| flour ~