New-York tribune., 1882-12-31
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.


DECLINE-QUANIITIEs OF POCLTRY-BUTTER
HIGH.
The markets of the closing year show decided
decline in tho price OF many OF the staples of liy-
ing. Beef is now as low as at any time last year,
and game aud poultry are about the same pIce
| rs last season. Vegetables and fruits much
lower than at any time last winter. The effort OF
certain dealers 10 initiate the prices of all market
produce so, that living in this city Will be as high
as in Paris, has thus far proved a failure
Tho principal item of interest IN the fish market
is the immense catch OF cod on the Jersey and
Long Island coasts Live goldfish is g ccnts pound,
| haddock cents halibut % cents. bass - to 30
cents, cells II cents, fresh caught salmon ~ 80,
frozen salmon 10 cents, founders 12i2 cents tom
Gods cents, blackiish 10 cents, fresh mackerel
to 10 cents, Spanish mackcrel 30 cents aud W hite
perch - cents. Fresh smelts from Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island with their delicious cucumber
aroma are 10 to 20 cents pound. Smells from
Canada with all the fragrance and flavor which
the rpicure values frozen ont of them, cents.
Red snappers ) to ~ cents a pound, Southern
shad are y 30, and blueish 10 cents. Southern
black bass 20 cents, salmon trout lS cents,
whitefsh 20 cents sunhsh cents. yellow perch 10
cents, small green pickeicl cents, large lake fish
rs cents. disco 10 20 II cents and walleyed pike
! II cents. Green turtle is 20 cents q pound.
Southern terrapin SIS dozen and diamond
backed terr lpin 1896 ScO lops arr 37cents quart
hard crabs S} per hundred, and winter sott crabs
81 a dozen. THIS IS the brown crab which sheds Its
shell when the waters are Icy and Is TO DC dlstn-
guished from the more decately Favored blue crab
of the summer months by It's color and inferior SIZE
Prime ribs of beef 22 Genes u pound, slrlon
roasts 2s cents and chuck roasts1 l6 70 Is cents
30 cents round of beef II cents, and stew beef ~
to II cents COrned rump Is X cents, Drisket III
cents, and plate ~ cents Fresh beef tongues are
20 cents each and liver is 10 cents. Veal is scarce
and high. SweetbTeads, Caly es heads and llyers
are extremely high being in special demand at TINS
season by fancy caterers. Extra heart-sweet5reads
though inferior sweetbreads may be purchased ior
So. Calves heads are 10 cents each. ana HVers
are 81; nindquarters of veal are Il cents pound.
and hct of veal 20 cents, toT0uuarters are IL
cents, shoulders II ceuts, racks 20 cents. and
breasts If cents. There Is solne extra SouthdoWn
II utton now in market from Canada. but II Is sold
with other prime Canada mutton at about tile sans
price Legs are II cents, shoulders cents, ana
breasts 8 cents Winter lamb is higher than last
week; hindguarters are Ii cents, and forequarters
Immense quantities of poultry have been shipped
to this city to meet the holiday demands, which
dealers say have this season been unprecedented.
Prime dry-pIcked turkeys are % to % cents a
pOund. State 22 cents. Philadelphia broilng chick
Ems ~ 30 Il pair, aud state brocrs ~ %; RoasI-
ing chickens arc % TO - cents pound. Phlladcl-
phla fowls are l6 to II cents ami cHpOns are 30
cents. lonng geese are II cents, Boston geese 20
to 22 cents. and ducks IL to 20 cents. With the
lst of January veuison and woodcock 90 out OF
market. Wild turkeys are . cents a pOund, sQulr-
res o cents. fresh plovcr 81 80 to - % dozen,
tame pigeons 80 90 aud quail -. Prairie hens
are 81 30 pair, partridgcs - cents to Fl -.
Canvas-back ducR from Hayre dc Grace arc 50 TO
%;i 80, and red heads - cents to y. Malard are
go cents to 50 cents and blue winged teal from the
lakes are the same price. English pheasants are
! pair.
Fancy light salt butter is 10 cents pound,
Creamery butter 43 cents. State dairy ~ cents,
Western dairy 3S cents, and roll butter 35 cents.
Long Island eggs are 10 cents n dozen, and state
eggs - cents
Vegetables fine and abundant crowd the booths.
Savoy and other varieties of white Cabbage aie .
to 10 cents head. according to size red cabbage
is 10 cents celery 10 10 20 cents bunch, kae 10
cents head, and caulihower p to - cents
Watcrcresses are % cents quart. lettuce is 10
cents head, endive 10 cents, EscarOle lettuce ID
cents, and corn-Saad 10 cents n quart Cranber,
ries are 20 cents quart, being unusually high and
scarce UySter-plaut is 10 cents a bunch, spinach
- cents halfpeck, Irish potatoes 30 cents halt
peck, and sweet potatoes - cents. Globe art-
chokeS from Paris % cents each mush-
rooms are ) pound.