Daily globe., 1883-05-23
General Markets.

The fruit market continues active.
Strawberries are in much better supply
and are reduced from IS to $3.50 per case
of q quarts. Oranges are in good de-
mand and active. Choice Messina or
Palermo are $4.25 to $475 per box. Cali
fornia oranges sell for $3.50 to 1915
per box of 16O to the box. Lemons
are steady. Choice to fancy bright Messi-
ma or Palmero $4.25 to $475 per box.
Dealers here make liberal discount on
these prices IN oranges and lemons in lots,
and special prices on car load lots. Duf-
fees New York clarifed cider $3.50 per
bbl. or 26c per gallon in casks. kentucky
cider $3.50 per bbl. Apples are too ripe
to stand shipping. Bananas So to 81
per bunch as to size for choice Aspinwalls
both red and yellow. Pineapples, choice
to fancy $3.50 to s. per doz. Figs, choice
new layers 16c per pound, fancy 22c.
New Arabian dates IN trails Sc per pound.
Choice new Vermont maple sugar in bricks
and cakes 12c per pound. Cocoa nuts Sc
per 100. Peanuts, fancy hand picked
White Virginia 10c per pound. Foreign
nuts, Teragona almonds, 1Sc; rev Naples
Walnuts 15c; new French walnuts, 12c;
new Brazil nuts, 12c; new Sicily filberts,
12c; new Baraco flberts, 10c; pecans, Zoe;
new Ciciliy shelled almonds in 25 pound
boxes 35c per pound.
CATTLE-The market is very well sup
piled for the present, and there is ten
dency to lower prices. Quotations ard IN
changed. Choice steers $6.2566.75; fair
to good, $50 5.75; good mixed, $4@45O;
milch cows, $4O@65; veal calves, $6g7
per 100 lbs.
ONIoNs-Are dull and quiet at 25@30
per bu., out going from 40 to SOC. Bermudas
$1.25 10 $3.50 per box.
HoGs-Dressed hogs are weaker and
lower and may now be quoted at 50 to &C.
There are not live hogs enough to call a
quotation, and there are no regular re-
ceipts at the yards. Nominally the quota
tiors stand at $7@7.75.
SHEEP-Are scarce and the market is firm
and steady. AL the mutton we have
comes at present, from Chicago. Quota
tions are as follows: $5.5O@6.25; city
dressed.1O9 911c;c c;country dressed, ,S5@9 915c,
Provisions pork, $2O.5O@21,
hams, s,13l4 @315c; clear bacon, scarce, 1870;
spiced and breakfast bacon, 13c; shoul-
ders, Sc; tierce lard, 12c; keg lard.
124@I21ac; wooden pails,20 pounds. 122l
tin pals, 3 pounds, 1424c; 10
pounds, 14c; mess beef, $12.5O@13 per
barrel; smoked beef, 1115c per pound.
BEANs-For common to choice hand
picked $1.5Og2.25.
FLOUR is In better demand and there
seems to be an appearance of activity but
not an enough to warrant any advance.
Patents S64@7; straight $6@64;
bakers xxx $415@42l.
BREWERS SUPPLIEs-Malt is un-
changed and is quoted at So@05c. Hops
both Washington and New York, are low
er and are now quoted at soc.
LIME, CEMENT, ,ETO-Quotation are as fol-
lows: Oshkosh, Port Byron and Milwaukee
white lime, S125 per bbI.; Milwaukee ce-
ment, $3.50 per bbl.; Louisville cement,
$1.65 per bbl.; plaster paris, 1925 per bbl.;
plastering hair, ,35to40c per bushel ;St.Leuis
No. l fire brick, $40 per thousand; fire clay.
$3.50 per bbl.
BUTTER-There has been no change in
butter that should require any particular
mention. Fresh butter is becoming lit
more plenty but there is q good trade
though for all that comes in. In the
lower grades there is no Improvement. The
demand is only for choice made, at quota
tions.
DRESSED NEATs-Beef sides dressed 73I
to &c. Mutton city dressed 10 to lie. Teals
10 to lie.
HIDES are firm with good demand.
Green hides come IN rather slowly, Quo
tations are unchanged.
Board of Trade.
Rusiness on fha hoard UoO o,,Iu mod