Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-19
Among the Commission Men.


early part of the week was dull, but the
seasonable weather, though late, is now
beginning to tell; but it comes too late to
make general improvement until after
the holidays, as provincial houses gener-
ally are DESTROYS of knowing where they
stand and are not anxious to increase their
stock. Butter is decidedly dull in medi-
ums and good; fair movement is OBJ
served in shipping grades DIS; prime
buffers are in good demand and light sup
ply-by prime is meant creamery and
fancy brands. We quote the sale of 1900
pounds by one house of dairy butter at
zoe, and large lot of sred clover" butter
at $40. Beans are showing up fairly from
Wisconsin and Minnesota, but the demand
is not heavy. Odd lots picked up by coun-
try shopkeepers are hard to move at any
price and can only be sold by sample and
rarely realize more than $100@$1.75;
lumbermen always demand choice, hand
picked goods. There is good holiday de-
mand for celery, especially for giant vaTi-
cites nicely bleached. Dressed meats are
slow, carcasses coming in from
the country are not we'll enough dressed to
suit the city trade and there is not suffi-
Gent business in the lumber woods and in
frontier improveme nts to carry off large
supply. There is a fair business in fruits,
which this year are unusually good and
plenty. We refer to this seasons fruits,
such as oranges. Floridas are excellent,
plentiful and cheap. Apples are scarce.
The crop of honey is large and prices are
low. Poultry has been very scarce on ao-
count of the mild weather and that coming
to market has not come in good shape.
There ia now for the holidays good de-
mand, good prices are obtained, and quick
sales. Buyers are looking through the
country fr good poultry, especially
turkeys. We refer to the following quota
tions as showing the exact state of the
market:
BUTTER-Receipts liberal; grease, &c; packing
stock off favor, 7@8c; store PACKED sweet, 1913
@l8c; choice dairy, Csc; creamery, 289S2c.
BEANs-Common, Sl@i.75; medium, 200@
2.25. handpicked medium, $3.50; navy $2,50@
So.
BACON AND HAMs-Long clear bacon, 10c;
short clear, 101ac; shoulders, 911c; hams, I2@
lao.
CELERY-40@5oc per dozen.
CHEEsE-Skim, 6@7c; part cream, S49c; full
cream old, l0@llc. full cream fall made, 121z
@t31Sc.
DRESSED MEArs-Beef, country dressed, 40
SC; city dressed, 512@719c; mutton, country
dressed, 6@7c; city dressed, 1890; veal, l0@
lie.
EeGs-Ice house and picked, 24@25c; strict
~ fresh, 26c and very scarce.
FLoUR-Patents S6.20@s6.50; fancy brands,
10c020c higher; straight $5.203 $3.50 Bakers
xxx AIS; low grades $S@S4; Rye -four
1915 per barrel; graham 4.50 per barrel.
FRUITs-Apples, 3.e09450; pears, Califor-
mia, 3.25@3.75 per box; oranges, Florida, $50
per box; louisiana, do, 6@7.00 per Dbl; Malaga
lemons, 5@51l; Cranberries, 9.50@1l.O0;
Malaga grapes, 1917 so; Catawba grapes, lO@12c
per Id. Figs, new, l6c, 1Sc, zoe per lb. dates,
black in trails 7c@sc, fard in boxes, 12e.
FUBs-Mink, 50o@ LOO; coon, 6O@80c; lynx,
1.50@3.00; musk rat, 8@llc; kits, Sc; red fox,
1.z5@1.50; kits, 30@40c; silver fox, 20.O0@
1000, cross 2.5s@6 90; otter 4. 00@s00; fisher,
5.0o@7.00; skunk, s0@75c; badger, 6C@75c;
wild cat, $4,000; house cat, LOG '5c; marten,
$50; prairie wolf, 75o@i .eU; bear, 7.00@ 1000;
cubs, 100000; beaver, Lake Superior,
2.00@2. 25per H., Hudson bay, 2.0G@2.25 per
h., Dakota, 1.50@l.75 per lb.
HIDEs-Dry, l2@13c; green, sailed, TIC:
green, exc; calf, dry, l6c. green 12c deer, dry,
20@25c; antelope, 20@25c; elk, @25c; buffalo,
5@lOc.
HoNEY-White clover, Zoe lb; buckwheat, 1sc
HoPs-Washington Territory, Csc; New York,
SOC.
PHAs-Dried, sl.35@1.50 per bushel.
PoULTRY-Chiokens, dressed, 8@l0c per ID;
turkeys, dressed, l2@l4e; ducks and geese,
9@i0c.
RooTs-{ Medicinal) ginseng, 1.75@1.s5; SEN
eca snake root, 35@37c per ID.
VENIsoN-In skin saddles, 10@l1c; out of
skin, 8@9c; carcasses with skin 7@Sc.
WooL-Unwashed, 1S@21c; washed, ESQ
BIC.
stock lit for the slaughter house at the following
quotations:
Mixed cattle are worth 81s@6c; good
butchers stock 64@5c; choice fst steers so
SIC; sheep S19@41lc; hogs small 31l@5c;
medium 85zGzc; large fat 41a@5c.