Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-04
General Markets.

There is continued activity in the
fruit market and the demand for all
varieties is good. Strawberries, of course
are having great run now and the Min
nesota fruit is unusually good
this year. California apricots have
declined to 81 to $3.50 per box of 20
pounds. California pears sell for 81. 90 to
$7.5Oper box of 40 pounds. Choice Messina
or Palermo oranges are quoted at 500 to
$3.50 per box. California are firm at $500
in cases of 125 to $50 per case. Lemons
have advanced and choice are now
quoted at $7@7.50, per box.
Dealers have made liberal
discount on these prices on oranges and
lemons IN lots and special prices on car
load lots. Duffee's New York clarified cider
$3.50 per barrel or 26c per gallon in casks.
Kentucky cider $50 per barrel. New ap-
pies $1.50per box containing an
eighth of a barrel. Bananas
are too ripe to stand shipping. Bananas
$3@4 per bunch as to size for choice As
pinwalls both red and yellow. Pineapples,
choice to fancy, $2.50@3 per dozen. Figs,
choice new layers, zoe per pound, fancy
25c. 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, lie per pound. For
eign nuts, Teragona almonds, 18c; new
Naples walnuts, 15c; new French walnuts,
PC; new Brazil nuts, 12c; new Sicily fl
berts, 12c; new Baraco filberts, 10c; pecans,
1Oc; new Sicily sheIled almonds in twenty
five pound boxes, .35c per pound.
CATTLE-There is no material change in
I-o4s 70
ply is fair and IN all respects likely
Choice steers $5@$5.25; fair to
good, $4.25@475; good mixed, $3.75@425;
mich cows, $40@65; veal calves, $500
per 100 lbs.
ONIONS are quoted at 25@3Oc per bu.,
$1.25 to $50 per box.
HoGs-Dressed hogs have been declining
right along and show no indications of
ralIying. They remain at 715@8c. The
market is bare of live hogs but they are
quoted at $5.75@6.25.
SHEEP-Mutton still continues to be
moderate IN price and in good supply.
Quotations for shearlings are S4.25@475;
city dressed, &c; country dressed, II q Sc.
PRovIsIONs-Mess pork. $1S5O@19;
hams, 1315@14c; clear bacon, scarce,
1215c; spiced and breakfast bacon, 13c;
shoulders, 8I4@84c; tierce lard, 1124c; keg
lard, 12c; wooden pals, twenty pounds,
1870; tin pals, pounds, 1434c; 10
pounds, 14c; mess beef, $12@12.50 per
barrel; smoked beef, 1115c per pound.
BEANs-Are quoted from $2@2.3O,
from medium to hand picked navy
FLoUR-Is in moderate demand only and
prices remain as follows: Patents 1878
a; straight $6@625; bakers, XXXX,
$4.5O@475.
BREWERS SUPPLIEs-M maintains the
decline noted last week, and soc is the best
price that can be had. Hops, both Wash
inGton and New York, are quoted at zoe.
= LIME, CEMENT, ETC.-Quotations are as
follows: Oshkosh, Port Byron and Mil
waukee white lime, 81. % per barrel; Mil
waUkee cement, $3.50 per barrel; Louis
vile cement, $L65 per barrel, plaster paris
s. per barrel: plastering hair, $50 4Oc per
bUshel; ST. Louis No. fire brick, $40 per
thousand; fire clay, 50 50 per barrel.
BUTTER-Is still accommodating. 1t rolls
in on the commission men as slick as
grease. Nothing new can be said of it
There is a good demand for the best
grades, but all others are without call.
DRESSED MEATs-Beef sides dressed IL
q SIG Mutton, city dressed, SC. Veal:
10 TO 1Ol5c.
HIDES are in good demand and are firm
slowly and quotations are unchanged.