Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-27
General Markets.

TO market as they ought to.
General Markets.
Dizziness and quiet reigns in the fruit
market at the present time. For grapes
aud oranges there is good demand, and
the same may be said of apples. The lat
ter in car load lots will briag from So to
$50. In small lots from $3.50 to 1915,
California pears can be had for 81. Cali
fornia grapes are out of market. Oys-
tiers run all the way from % 4Oc. accord
ing to whether the cans are solid fills or
not and according to quality. Oranges
from Florida are now in good supply at
$3.50 per box. Valencia oranges,
$40 per case, Louisiana. in
barrels, $3.50 per barrel.
Choice Messina lemons, S. per box; there
are some Malagas in the market, but they
are green and bitter. Malaga grapes in
barrels $6.5Og7.50; kegs $4@4.5O. These
are choice goods and good for all winter.
Choice new layer figs, 1sc per pound.
New Arabian dates, lie per pound.
Choice Jersey cultivated cranberries, SIS.
These are extra large barrels and some
what larger than the Wisconsin barrels.
Cider (Dufy's, Rochester, N. ~ $3.50
per barrel, 26c per gallon. Fine Mis-
souri, and Kentucky cider can be had at
81. per barrel, $3.50 per half barrel.
Peanuts. hand picked, new crop, lie.
Teragona almonds, zoe; English walnuts,
1Sc; Brazil nuts, 12c; ilberts, lac; pecans,
PC; Sicily shelled almonds, in twenty-five
pound boxes. 35c per pound.
DRESSED MEATs-Dressed hogs are in
large supply and quotations have declined
g. little. Carload lots are offered at S7.2O
straight on q range of 100 pounds. Veal
S9 1Oc. Mutton, city dressed, Sc; country
dressed, 6@7c. Beef sides, city dressed,
61ac; country dressed, 5000.
LIVE HoGs-Are in good supply with a
good demand and bring $5.75@6 per 100
pounds.
CATTLE-The supply of cattle is very
satisfactory, and while receipts are fair
with a reasonably good demand, quota
tions are maintained. Choice steers
$4.25@4.50; fair to good steers $325@4;
good mixed 1926 $3.50; scalawags $3.50
@3; milch cows $4O@65; veal calves SCOT
per 100 pounds.
SHEEP-Are in sufficient supply to meet
the demand. They range in price from
$3.50 $3.50 per 100 pounds for good;
choice to fancy $4.25@4.5O.
O1L-Raw oil, one barrel, SEC per gallon;
in car lots, 53c; five barrels, 55c; ten bar
rels, SAC. Boiled, Sc per gallon extra. Lin
seed meal, $21 in car lots, per ton; $22
single ton.
CRANBERR1Es in first hands are out of
market.
BUrTER-But little can be said in regard
to butter that has not many times been
repeated. The best grades are now, and
have been all along, in good demand, while
the poorer grades are in small demand.
PoTAToEs-But little is being done in
potatoes. Everybody is we'll sup piled, and
the season is not propitious for dealing in
them.
DRESSED PoULTRY-There is no change
whatever in poultry. The demand during
the week has been good and prices have
been maintained, but owing to good sup
ply quotations have not advanced.
WOoL-Unwashed $4,000 per D.;
washed 26@2Sc.
hams, 1r15c; clear bacon, scarce 121sc
spiced and breakfast bacon, 141lc:
shoulders, lie; tierce lard, 11%@12c;
key lard, 12@121%c; wooden pals, 20
pounds, 1879 q 1314c; tin pals, pounds,
1870; 1opounds, 14c; mess beef, s12.5o@ ID
per barrel; smoked beef, 111sc per
pound.
BEANS s1.5o@2.75 per bushel for medi-
un to choice hand picked.
EGGs-Owing to scarcity and the good
demand eggs have advanced to 28c.
OYsTERs-Standard, CSC; selects 4ec per
can.
BREWERS SUPPL1Es-Malt has declined
and now stands at $4,000. Hops have de-
clined and are now quoted at 81 TO,
Washington and $1.O5 for New York
LINE, CEMENT, ETC.-Are dull and in
active, owing to the substantial closing OF
the building season. Quotations are as
follows: Oshkosh, Port Byron and Mil
waukee white lime, $1.25 per bbl.; Mil.
waukee cement, S1.5O per bbl.; Louisville
cement, $1.65 per bbl.: plaster paris, 1925
per bbl.; plastering hair, $50 per bushel
St. Louis No. fire brick, $45 per thousand
fire clay, $3.50 per Dbl.
FLOUR is quiet and dull. Quotations
are: Patents, $6@6.75; straights, $4.75@
$50; clears, S5@5.75; low grades, sag:
per Dbl. A