Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-13
General SIarkct.


General SSarE1ct.
The fruit market still continues dull
The cold weather is not propitious for The
business Of shipping fruit. There is a very
heavy demand for grapes and oranges. Be-
fore the cold weather set in in real earnest
a good many people supplied themselves
with stocks, which helps to limit the de-
mand in a general way. Apples in car lots
are worth from So to $3.50 according to
quality and variety. In small lots they will
cost from $3.50 to 1915. California pears
choice winter fruit, can be had for $414.5O,
according to variety. California ounces,
$3.50. California grapes are all gone.
Oysters run all the way from 25@4Oc, &C.
cording to whether the cans are solid fills or
not and according to quality. Oranges
from Florida are making their appearance
in our market now in good supply at $3.50
per box. Valencia oranges, $40 per case.
Louisiana. in barrels, $9@1O per barrel
Choice Messina lemons, SIS per box; there
are some Malagas in the market, but they
are green and bitter. Domestic grapes
are in good supply at s@1Oc per Id for
Isabellas. Malaga grapes in barrels $3.50
@7.50; kegs, $40 $50. These are choice
goods and good for all winter. Choice and
new layer fgs,1Sc per pound. New Arabian
dates 10c per pound. Choice Jersey cul-
tivated cranberries, SIS. These are extra
large barrels and somewhat larger than the
Wisconsin barrels. Chestnuts 1O612c per
pound. Cider (Duffy's, Rochester, N. w.
$3.50 per barrel, 26c per gallon. Fine
Missouri and Kentucky cider can be had
at $3.50 per barrel, $3.50 per half bar
rel. Peanuts, hand picked, new crop, lie.
Teragona almonds, zoe; English walnuts,
Isc; Brazil nuts, 10c; flberts, 14c; pecans,
12c; Sicily shelled almonds, in twenty five
pound boxes, 55c per pound.
DRESSED MEATs-Dressed hogs are not
in as good supply as is desired, and buyers
though they make the best of efforts can
not get what they want. Still receipts are
pretty liberal. The market is in that con-
dtion that it would stand good deal bet
ter supply. They are firm at $7@7.25.
Veal, 8 to 10c. Mutton, city dressed, to
Sc; country dressed, 6 to SIC. Beef sides,
city dressed, 61ac; country dressed, SO to
&c.
LIVE HoGs-Command $5.75@6 per 100
lbs, and the demand is good under these
figures.
CATTLE-The receipts in this line are
fair, and the market is steady, and Of the
two rather quiet, with quotations SUBJ
stantially unchanged. Choice steers, 1926
@4.5O; fair to good, $3.25@4; good
mixed, $50 $40. Cows, $4O@65.
SHEEr-In good supply and moderate
demand and range in price from $3.5O@
4.50 per 100 pounds.
On-Raw oil, one barrel, Sc 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; 500
single ton.
CRANRERRIEs are out of market, that is
SO far as first hands are concerned.
BUTTER-The better grades of butter are
in fair demand at quotations given under
the head of commission dealers. Aside
from these better grades there is lot of
roll and print coming to market
that is in very bad condition ow-
ing in the first place to poor
work IN making it, than to poor packing
and poor, careless handling. This kind of
stock goes for much less.
PoTAToEs-There is very little doing in
potatoes. They are quoted at 400 in car
lots on the board of trade. Small lots arc
quoted at 45@ SOC.
DRESSED PouLrRY-Poultry generally is
scarce while the demand is good and pric-
Aes firm at 11@1 21sc for turkeys, and from
'8@1Oc for chickens, ducks and geese.
WooL-Unwashed 1922 Der ~:
washed 96@2Sc.
Provisions pork $1s.25@1s.5O;
hams, 141ac; clear bacon, scarce 1215
,spiced and breakfast bacon out of
market; shoulders, lie; tierce lard, liza
12c; keg lard, @1211c; wooden pals, 20
pounds, 12A@134c; tin pals, pounds,
144c; 10pounds, 14c; mess beef,$12.5O0 10
per barrel; smoked beef, 111sc per
pound.
BEANs-$1.50@2.55 per bushel for medi-
um to choice hand picked.
Eaas-Still continue to come in pretty
good supply, bnt the demand is not very
active. They will bring 25@27c.
wagons 3O@35c.
OYSTERS Standard, 38c; selects 4Sc per
can.
and now stands at $4,000. Hops have de-
clined and are now quoted at $1.10 for
Washington and $1.15 for New York.
LINN, CEMENT, Erc.-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, $3.50 per bbl.; Louisville
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