Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-06
General Markets.

There is more activity in the fruit mar
ket than there was last year. Strawberries
continue to come in freely but the prices
have not been reduced to any considerable
extent and are quoted at $3.50@4.00 per
case of twenty-four quarts. Oranges are
in good demand and have made another
advance. Choice Messina or Pal
ermo are now quoted at $6.O09
$50 per box. California are
firm at $3.5O@4.OO per box of from
125 to $50 to the box. Lemons have ad
vanced, and choice are now quoted at $3.50
as per box. Dealers here make 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 $3.50 per barrel. Apples
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, 18c per pound, fancy
22c New Arabian dates in trails SC per
pound. Choice new Vermont maple sugar
in bricks and cakes PC 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,
10c; new Sicily shelled almonds in twenty
five pound boxes, 35c per pound.
CATTLD-The market rules easy on a fair
supply, and is really in such quiet,agree
able state that but little can be said of it
Choice steers are now quoted at $6@6.50;
fair to good, $50 $50; good mixed, $40
4.5O; mich COWS, $40@65; veal calves, Sc
@7 per 100 lbs.
ONIoNs-Old ouions are out of market,
and the market is without change. They
are quoted at 25@30 per bu., out going
from 40 to SOC. Bermudas $i.25 to $50
per box.
HOGs-Dressed hogs are still weaker
than they were last week and are now
ing in, but the quotations are given as
S625 to 1878, but these quotations are
merely nominal.
SHEEP-Mutton still continues to be
moderate IN price and in good supply.
Quotations for shearlings are $4.25@475;
city dressed, 10c; country dressed. 81 q Sc.
PRovIsIoNs-Mess pork. $20.50@2 81;
hams, 4@13Hc; clear bacon, scarce,
1215c; spiced and breakfast bacon, 13c;
shoulders, Sc; fierce lard, lee; keg lard
124@1215c; wooden pals, twenty pounds,
122c; tin pals, pounds, 1870; 10
pounds, lie; mess beef, $12@12.50 per
barrel; smoked beef, 1115c per pound.
BEANs-For common to choice hand
picked $1.5O@2.25.
FLoUR-Is in moderate, demand only and
prices remain as follows: Patents S675
az; straight $69625; bakers, xxx.
$4.50@475.
BREWERS SUPPLIEs-Malt is IN.
changed and is quoted at S0@85c. Hops
both Washington and New York, are low
er and are quoted at S5c.
LIME, CEMENT, ETC-Quotations are as fol
lows: Oshkosh, Port Byron and Milwaukee
white lime, $1.25 per Dbl; Milwaukee &C.
ment, $3.50 per Dbl; Louisville cement.
$1.65 per bbl.; plaster paris, $500 per Dbl.
plastering hair,35 q 40c per bushel ;St.Louis
No. fire brick, $40 per thousand; fire clay.
$3.50 per Dbl.
BUTTER-The receipts, as is usual al
this season of the year are very large, and
good deal of really good butter is being
received. Quotations have not, however
been reduced and former quotations are
still maintained.
DRESSED MEATs-Beef sides dressed 73l
to Sc. Mutton city dressed 1Oc. Teals 10 tt
1870.
HIDES are firm with a good demand
Green hides come in rather slowly. Quo
tations are unchanged.