Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-21
General Markets.

at the opening of the past week the
weather was mild and balmy and it looked
to our fruit dealers as though spring was
Immediately approaching and that the
time for tropical fruits had arrived. The
rapidly falling mercury, a day or two
after, convinced them that they were a
little too previous" Many OF the deal
ers, bright anticipations have been dashed
to the ground, and halt is called all along
the line. It is expected that when the sea-
son opens business will be very active, in
deed, our dealers have completed arrange
ments which are deemed adequate for all
contingencies. These arrangements include
the arrival in st. Paul every day of car
loads of green fruit. Choice colored Val
encia oranges, APO in a case, SIS TO $3.50 per
case; especially large and assorted fruit of
same quantity, SO per case; choice
to fancy Messina $3.50 to 81 per box.
Floridas all gone. CALIFORNIA; will be
here soon. Lemons are little lower.
Choice to fancy Messina and Palermo,
$3.50 to 81 per box. Apples, small Geni-
tons $3.50 per Dbl, large Genitons, 81
per Dbl. Michigan apples will
be here soon. Select oysters 40c, standard
SOC. California pears So per box. Figs
19c per pound. Dates, New Arabian
in trails 10c, Golden in
skins. Sc. Cranberries, choice bell and
bugle SIS per barrel. Choice southern
sweet potatoes 81 per barrel. Maple
sugar, choice new Vermont, in bricks and
cakes, 1870 per pound. Dufy's New
York cider, $3.50 per barrel; 26c per gal
lon in casks. Very fine Kentucky cider,
IS per barrel; half barrels, $3.50 Pea
nuts,white Virginia hand picked, 1Oc per lb.
Teragona almonds, 1Sc. New Naples wal
nuts, 19c. New French walnuts, 49,
New Brazil nuts, 12c. New Sicily
filberts, 14c New Baraco flberts, 14c.
Pecans, 12c.
CATTLE-The supply of cattle is fair,
and that is all that can be said of it, while
prices are firm. The supply we are now
getting come largely from Montana, and
the quality is very great improvement
on the old slabsided Texan steer These
cattle now come through on the Northern
Pacific road every few days. Quotations
are as follows: Choice steers, S5@5.5O;
fair to good, $4.25@4.75; good mixed,
$4,000; scalawags, $25o@3; mich cows,
$40@65; veal calves, $6@7 per 100
pounds.
HoGs-The demand for dressed hogs is
very limited and the season for them is
about passed, SO that the receipts are al
most nothing. The range for the week
has been 1925 and $3.50. Live hogs are
IN very light receipt, and are held at sec
$50.
SHEEP-Receipts sufficient. Prices are
easy at $4.50@5.50; mutton, city dressed,
S@912c; country dressed, 6@7c; beef sides,
city dressed, 1925 to So; country dressed,
Sc to 81.
CRANBERBIEs- nice berries 81
per Dbl.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Turkey are quoted
at 18c, chickens at 15@16c and ducks
at 14@1 5c. The receipts are small and the
demand is light.
OYSTERS, 80 to 40c.
Provisions pork, S19.25@19.5O;
hams, 1212c; clear bacon, scarce, 1880;
spiced and breakfast bacon, 13c; shoul-
ders, SC; tierce lard, 12c; keg lard
124@ 121ac; wooden pals, 90 pounds, 1914
tin pals, pounds, 1870; 10
pounds, lac; mess beef, $12.50@13 pei
barrel; smoked beef, 1111ac per pound.
BEANs-$1.50@2.75 per bushel for medi-
um to choice hand picked.
BREWERS SUPPLIEs-Malt is unchanged
and is still quoted at $4,000; hops main.
tanned the advance previously noted; 81
for Washington to $1.05 for New York.
LIME, CEMENT, ETc.-Quotations are as fol
lows: Oshkosh, Port Byron and Milwaukee
white lime, $1.25 per bbL; Milwaukee &C.
ment, $3.50 per bbl.; Louisville cement
S1.65 per Dbl; plaster paris, 1925 per bbl.;
plastering hair, Soc per bushel; st. Leuis
No. fire brick, $45 per thousand; fire clay,
$3.50 per Dbl.
FIOUR- Patents, $6@6.75; clears, So to
$5.25; straights, $3.50 to 1915; common
brands, 81 to So; in barrels, 25c extra.
Buckwheat flour, Sc to $3.50. Rye -four,