New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-30
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.

| WHAT 1T COSTS TO LIVE UPTOWN AS COMPARED
| WITH DowN-TowN-FIsH SCARCE AND HIGH
| Housekeepers who deal at the retail stores up
| town will probably be interested IN comparison
Of the figures paid for provisions in those stores ana
the prices asked by downtown dealers. The figures
quoted for Washington Market are procured from
Halsey w. Knapp, Eugene Backford and others
who are recognized as reliable dealers, who sell
only tirst-class provisions For English pheasants
uptown dealers during the past holiday-wook de-
manded SIS pair. These sold in Washington Mar
ket for 81. cartridges cost 81 rs pair uptown
| and rs cents and 81 80 downtown. Wild
| geese from the South and West are sold for
| So each uptown and 81 so in the lower markets
Ptarmigan which are labelled So pair uptown are
not to he had at all in Washington Market where
they are scarcely considered edible birds. The
market men say they useful as ornaments only,
before the doors of retail game dealers Rabbits that
bring 40 cents a pair downtown cost 70
cents a pair uptown. Grouse are worth III 4O
pair in one place aud 81 90 in the other; quail the
uptown dealers assert are scarce and cost So 90 q
dozen; in Washington Market they are
abundant and bring only So dozen.
Canvasback ducks cost SIS pair uptown and 81
downtown. And 80 the scale goes on throughout
the entire list CT creature comforts. Capons are
Washington Market; Mr.. Blackford, a very high
priced dealer sells frogs legs in Fulton Market for
rs cents o dozen; the Same things sell uptown for
81 dozen. Broiling chickens cost 81 uptown and
only 81 so downtown.
There are several changes in the game
list this week. On January 1 the law
comes into force prohibiting the sale of venison and
woodcock However, it Is safe to count on the habit
of dealers to continue to sell both of these unosr
different names for the rest Of the winter. The snow
storm made the prlce of cartridges remarkably
cheap during last week. On Thursday they could
be had for 80 cents pair. Driven by hunger from
the woods in deep snow, these birds seek barns
and human habitations, where they are trapped in
large numbers, and the markets Glutted.
Wild turkeys cost 25 cents . pound,
and are scarce at that. Grass plover
brinS IS q dozen, fresh plover So so, tame
pigeons S2 SO tame SgH5aSs $a small sriPe from 90
bills cost 81 % uptown and 81 in Washington
Market. widGeOns and wood ducks bring 80 and75
meat meat is worth 25 cents a pound.
In Fulton Market continued storms have
made fish dear and scarce. Cod are 10,
cod cents, and blackfsh, small white
10 cents q pound White halibgt can be had for 20
cents founders, live Holsters and blueis 12l2 cents
and dressed ees, sheepshead, Rhode Island smeltA,
fresh caught whitefsh, salmon trOu and Nor hcrn
cents Spanish nackore Sc cents red snapper sea
bass, white porch, frozen whitchsh and small green
pickerel IS cents, cisco II cents, and
are some small shad from Florida also which are
sold at 81 o pound Swell dinners aud crowded
clubs have raised the price Of dainty diamond back
cents pound, crsytish So hundred, prawns 81 so
gallon, sCOops So 90 gallon, and large CLAIMS 70
cents hundred opened and 90 cents in the shell.
Whifebait brings 90 cents pound, hard crabs 81
hundred, soft crabs of the small winter variety 76
cents dozon, Goldfish tongues cents.
Southern vegetables arc coming TO this market
freely. Florida spinach brings 20 cents half peck
celery Is cents abunch, cauihower 40 cents each,
Spanish onions 10 cents pound, hOt.houSe cucum-
beers 40 and so cents each, aud fresh rhubarb 10
Eggs cost 80 cents dozen, creamery butter 40 |
and 40 cents, and fancy brands, such as tho Hun
gertord butter, 20 cents apound. Common cheese Is
Poultry within the last tIreo days have gone
down In price TO their normal value. Turkeys
cents q pound for those that are exception |
ally large and fat, ducks u cents. spring |
geese 1s cents, Boston geese 20 cents, and dry
broiers 20 cents. city dressed broilers IL cents
and large roasting chickens IS cents q pound. |
Guineas are displayed in great profusion at 81
pair.
report issned by tho food inspectors shows that |
In three months they condemned and removed from |
the markets AZ turtles. 1873 barrels Of eggs, l04 |
quarters of beef 1873 barrels of fish, 900 pounds Of
meat, and 81 barrels of meat:
The markets will close on New Years Day at o |
q. IN.
MENU.
Tomato Scum,
Halibut Steak, Sauce Tartare.
i'0O'' 000'e Pso"Ss brood G nRto sauce oe'er'
Lettuce Mayonnaics.
Toad-inahole Pudding. Cake.
BonbOns
Coffee.
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