Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-01
Retail Market.

The following shows the prices for which the
articles named sold the day before publication:
Messina oranges retail at 85c@60c per dozen
Lemons, 50c per doc. Bananas, scarce, ESQ per
dos. Newlettuce sellingat Goo Per doz. Apples
t3.50@400. New potatoes, Coo. per bu;
others, none. Onions, 81 80 per bu. Gran
ulated sugar in rs h.. psekageO, 1Oe;
ike; Ext. c., 911ac; Yellow c., $40; brown
&c; Minnesota, l0c. Best o. G. Java coffee,
10; best Mocha, zoe; best Rio, 38116c. Best
toes, Eng. breakfast, 81 per ID; best Young
Hyson, 81 per Id; best Gun Powder, S1.20 per
bu.; best Japan, SOC; best Basket fired Japan,
75c. Orange Blossom -four, 1915 per owt;
Pillsbury's 1915 per cwt.; Straight, 1926.
Eggs, zoe per doa.; fresh, Csc.
Meats-Sirloin and porter houss steak, lSc;
rib roests, 15c; cuck resstss 121c; mutton chops,
I5c; fore quarter, I2c15; round eteak, 1910;
shoulder, 10c; veal. 15@lac; pork chops, 1870;
pork rossts, i0@1215c; ham tic; bacon and dry
bacon, f5c; shoulders, Sc; corn beef. 8g9c;
sausage pork, I215c; smoked sausage, l5c; lard
in jars, t21ac; per single lb.s l5c; in kegs.
I1Sc; dried oeef. Zoe.
EVENING REPORT.
Money market easy at 2@21S per cent, closed
2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 6@7
per cent. Sterling exchange, bankers bills
Governments Strong.
State Securities
Bonds Railroad bonds steady.
Stocks-Speculation at the Stock Exchange
was characterized by dullness te-day. In the
early trading Chicago d Northwestern common
was especially weak, falling off to 124H against
1851 at the close yesterday. Othsr active
shares were also lever, with Wizards next in
point of weakness. Northern Pacific declined
ID per cent. to 3sT and Oregon Transconti-
mental Il per cent. to 53%. The changes in the
remainder of the list were within narrow
range, being about Z@1 per cent. No special
reason is assigned for the decline in Chicago &
Northwestern. The room traders were the most
conspicuous sellers. From midday until p.
m. the market was dull and almost neglected,
with little or no change. At this time the
Northern Pacifcs weakened again, selling down
to 3315 for common and 632 for preferred.
Oregon Transcontinental declined to So. To-
wards the close there was little demand from
shorts and rally of 4@T per cent. took
place. There was dearth of rumors except in
matters connected with the alleged new issue of
Northern Pacific securities. In regard to these
it was stated that syndicate composed Of lead
bonds are created they will be taken. Nothing
Official known. As compared with last nights
closing prices are down I per cent. for Oregon
Transcontinental, e per cent. for Northern Pa
cifc at 1873, 13s per cent. for preferred at 81,
l Il per cent. for Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
Omaha preferred at 1OlM, and per cent. for
Chicago Northwestern at 124sz, while Phila-
delphia & Reading is u per cent. higher at 5l9s,
Chicago & Northwestern preferred n per cent.
at LAG, and Union Pacific A per cent. at o995
The other changes we're only fractional. In
specialties New York & New England declined
per cent. to 1891 and rallied to 49, 1t was
said that New England was selling. Sales OF
stock for the week 2,2O9,876 shares against
1881, 877 for the previous week; decrease 1i7,-
06l shares. Exports of specie for the week,
1882, 1897, making total of Sll,67O,375 since
Jan. /, against s41, 1854 for the same time
last Year. The imports for the week were
Sc, COS ,547, of which ,Sll were dry goods
| and SIS, 204, 7S6 general merchandise; the total
imports since Jan. l were $Si5, 1894, l24 against
$685., 1861, Sll last year. The imports of specie
for the week vera s7lO,S60, making a total of
sl2,52i, S77 against 1871 OH last year.
The transactions aggregated $4,000 shares:
Delaware, Lackawana Western IO,0UU;
Denver &c Rio Grande 1000; Lake Shore $3.50;
Louisville & Nashville 5000; Michigan Ceotral
$1,000; Chicago Il Northwestern 2,u0p; North