Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-27
CITY AND DISTRICT.
THE CITY MARKETS.

yLoUR, live STOCK, POULTRY AND VEGETABLES
NATIVE POTATOES sCAgCE AND HIGH-oTHER
FEATURES OF THE WEEK.
The four market Is steady at about the same
rates OF last week. No fears are entertained by
the trade u any concession, but rather feeling
that OLD four viii be I'm steady demand for several
months 10 come, nOtwithsta ming the unusually
fine prospects for an early and abundant
stock OF new -four. Ii Will probably be
nearly, II not quite, three months before
flour from new wheat VIII be To any great
extent in the market, and until that time Old
stock VIII DE wanted The quotations are: Mime
sofa p9teat process 81 1879; do (bakers brandS),
Eas725; family, (pateat process), s7251ss7 IS; do
STANDARD brInds) S6.15jS7; 10. Grade bran1s),
s650as675; Extra, So -: super, si75as5.oO; fine,
S375aS;2j: middiing, s. $3.50; rye, S. so.
The demand Tor the southern Is moderate. and
something in the way OK Jobbing Is being done In
rye -four.
The corn market Is quite firm, particularly for
southern: good white Is steady at 90 cents yellow
s5as0 In lots meal Il firIn at about the same
rates Wheat Is firm and in good demand OF the
mills In Georgetown The stock OF cool quality OF
hay Is scarce, and therefore the prices keep firm
at about the old figures Inferior quality Is more
abundant, and, not being wanted, Is low In price.
The sales OF straw have been brisA the psst week,
and Is still wanted by the stables Southern black
eyed peas are rather scarce, aud there Is some In
quiry for them Beans OF the foreign kinds are
offered freely, and the prime are meeting with lid
eral sales Oats are little better as the receipts
have fallen of, although moderate and steady
trdue Is III pfOSrsSs
THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS
IL active with upward tendency, the best prime
lot OF baeyes ruling as high as cents per pound
on the hoOf. Fresh meats are also high. Prime
beef, hind quarters, are worth s15asl6 per cwt |;
prime fore quarters, s10lsl2; common hind quart
ers, 50 1912; common fore quarters, S7a$9 Mutton,
prime, sides, 10l12 cents per pound; lamb, si4asl5
BY the carcaSS. Veal, prime, sides, 11ai2 cents.
Beef is very scarce and prices have shown slight
advance since last quotations and a further adj
vance Is anticipated. In cured meats, there seems
TO be better feeling although the market is hrm-
Smoked sides have advanced TO 5ia134 per pound
az wholesale prices Best hams are 15K cents;
best western shoulders, 10E; breakfast bacon Ia
Az cents; beef tongues, 81 per dozen; sugar
cured shoulders, western. 11al3 cents, In Jobbing
lots; lard 13 cents
Butter-New York state l. on the decline and now
selling FOR 26aZ7 for prime-the receipts are much
more plentiful than the western, which Is scarce
and not equ9l TO the consumption. The price for
the latter kind, prime, is 2OI2 cents In lots The
best crGameries are worth 27a28, and the demand
so steady that but little distinction is observable
In the sales OF the prime and those OF a shade
lower grades. But small receipts are reported Of
the nearby products thus far, and there is not
much inquiry for them. Cheese is steady at last
quotations. and there is not much activity In the
market Some good western and New York state
lots are IN store among the dealers on louisiana
avenue.
POULTRY
Is active and the demand steady. Live chickens
are worth 20aS0 cts per pound and old fowls 1lal2
cts; no dressed poultry nor game in the market
fish IS abundant and OF very fine quality, and the
sales are brisk and moving along. Eggs are Of a
little easier tendency az 20 cts per dozen in lots.
Green Fruits-Apples are still In the market.
Good rUSSetS are worth S5aS7 per Dbl; strawber-
reS, 10;20 cts per box; cherries. 15a25 cts. per
quart The latter are from North Carolina and
Norfolk. Oranges and lemons have advanced {;
lemons are selling for s4Is5 per box, and oranges
$6aS7 per box
Eyaporated apples sell readily 11a13 cts: dried,
Sac cts: do bright, 4a5 cts; do quarters, bright
4a5c per To-; common, 3a4c. Choice peaches are
In demand; also, cherries currents, blackberrie5,
and whortieberrieS-
Native potatoes scarce and high, they range
from 81 50as1 per bushel, and but good coec-
tons can be found In the country. The early rose
and burbanks hard to be collected in the north
and eastern section OF the country. The peerless,
a very excellent potato, is little more plentiful
Foreign lots range from 80 cents TO s1.25. Ber-
mud1S, (new) IS per Dbl. Charleston and Savan-
nah, $ per Dbl Peas Norfolk, S125aS1. IS per half
barrel; York river, 81; string BEANS s2aS2 50 per
box; cucumbers S3as4-5O per box; cymlings. s1.50e
~ 80 per box; Florida tomatoes, 81. 50aS450 box;
do. BermudaS, 80 cents per box, small; cabbage,
$l75l$3, per Dbl beets, 5a7 cents per bunch in
lots; lettuce, . cents per dozen punches; aSpara
gus, so cents and - per dozen punches; egg plant,
q 80 per buShel box.
The new southern vegetables begin TO come in
freely and steadily, and all are selling we'll
Everything in the new fruit and vegetable lines
are moving along satisfactorily. The weather has
been good for keeping vegetables fresh. and lots
arrive In good condition. The season about home
Is little backward. but both quantities and quail
ties were ne YER in better prospect.