Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-17
General Markets.

General Markets.
The fruit market remains quite dull, as
it has been for several weeks, and it can
not be expected to improve much till warm
er weather. The following are thu
latest quotations: Choice high colored Val
encia oranges, APO in box, $869 per
box; choice new Messina, 81 per box;
Floridas, $5G5.50 per box. Choice
new Messina lemons, $+.5095 per box.
Apples are low and varied in quality.
Genitons, $2.50@3 per Dbl; other varieties
$3@35O per Dbl. Oysters are lower.
Selects, 35c; standards, 25c. Malaga
grapes, in kegs, $3.50; bbls, $3.50. Cali
fornia pears, $3.5064 per box. Ounces,
$3.50 Der box. Choice new layer figs, lie.
New Arabian dates, in trails, 1Oc. Daffy's,
n. Y, cider, $3.50 per Dbl; 26c per gallon
in casks. Kentucky cider, $3.50 per Dbl;
half bbls, $3.50. Fancy hand picked pea
nuts, white Virginia new crop, Zoe. Terra
19c. New French walnuts, 15c.
New Brazil nuts, 12c. New Sicily
flberts, lie. New Baraco fIberts, 12c.
Pecans, 12c.
DRESSED Hoes are IN very large supply
ade on the railroads. Shippers prefer to
kill them at home and send them forward
dressed than to take the chance of their
being placed on a side track to suffer and
entail increased expense. The conse-
quence is that the receipts of dressed hogs
have increased while those of live hogs
have decreased. They are quoted at 81
@7.5O on range of 100 pounds; veal So
IOc; mutton, city dressed SC; country
dressed to &c; beef sides, city dressed
$3.50 to 1926; country dressed 1915 to
$50.
LIVE HoGs-Owing to the storms and
blockade of the railroads the shipment of
live hogs has decreased though there is no
scarcity in the market. They are quoted
at $575G6 per 100 pounds.
CArTLE-The supply Of cattle is sufi-
Gent for the demand and quotations
are unchanged. Choice steers $4.25@
4.5O; fair to good steers $3.2564; good
mixed S325d $50; sealawags $2.50g3;
mich COWS S40965; veal calves $6G7 per
100 pounds.
SHEEP-Are IN sufficient supply to meet
the demand. They range IN price from
S3.5Od 4.5O per 100 pounds for good; choice
to fancy $3.50 40.
Om-Raw oil, one barrel, 56c per gallon;
in car lots, SIC; I'VE barrels, 55c: ten bar
reIs, SIC. Boiled. Sc per- lion extra. Lin
seed meal, 81 in car lots, per ton; S22
single ton.
CRANBERRIEs are ont of the market.
BUTTER as the season wears away &C
cumuIates, and the dealer finds himself
loaded down with stocks that have accumu-
lated from time. OF the more
choice grades there is none
ir the market. Of the medium and lower
grades there is an abundance and it is &C
cumulating daily. From medium to good
has been marked down TO 1901 The
lower the grade the more abundant the
stock. Choice IN tubs is now quoted at
25630c. Medium to good Is to 18c. Com
mon to 12c.
demonstrating is b.ing done in
potatoes and quotations are nominal.
DRESSED POULTRY-is in fair demand
and quotations are unchanged. Turkeys
13614c. Chickens 10@1115c.
Fees are without change and are in good
supply with fair demand.
OYsTERs-Lower, Standards, Csc; selects
35c.
WooL-Is dull at $50 zoe fo1 unwashsd
washed, 26c to 2sc.
Provisions Mess pork. $l7%5G 1900;
hams, 141sc: clear bacon. scarce, l2l PC;
spiced and breakfast bacon, 1920; shout
ders, SC; fierce lard, lie; keg lard,
1115c: wooden pals, 20 pounds, 1224
@1314c; tin pals, 3 pounds, 1870; 10
pounds, 14c; mess beef, $12.50@13 per
barrel; smoked beef. 1115c per pound.
BEANS S1.5062 .75 per bushel for medi-
um to choice hand picked.
BREWERS SUPPLIES is unchanged
and is still quoted at S5q soc; hops main
tanned the advance previously noted; $1.10
for Washington to $1.15 for New York.
FLoUR-Patents, $696.75; clears, S. to
1925; straights, $3.50 to 1915; common
brands, 81 to So; in barrels, 25c extra.
Buckwheat -four, $3.50 to 81. Rye -four,
81 to 1925. Graham, $3.50 to 1926.
LIME, CEMENT, ETo.-Are dull and inact-
i've, owing to the substantial closing of the
building season. Quotations are as fol
lows: Oshkosh, Port Byron and Milwaukee
white lime, S1.25 per Dbl; Milwaukee ce.
ment, $3.50 per bbl.; Louisville cement
S1.65 per bbl.; plaster paris, 1925 per Dbl.
plastering hair, 35c per bushel; St. Louis
No. 1 fire brick, $40 per thousand; fire clay
$3.50 per bbl.