Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-15
The City Markets.
AN INCREASE IN The RECEIPT OF FLOUR EXPECTED
= AN ABUNDANCE OF vEGETABLEs-oTHER FEATURES
OF THE WEEK

AN INCREASE IN The RECEIPT OF FLOUR EXPECTED
= AN ABUNDANCE OF vEGETABLEs-oTHER FEATURES
OF THE WEEK.
In hour the market Is quiet, but the late rains
Will be likely TO increase the receipts opening up
70 activity many country flour mills which have
been Idle for many months. Up to the present
time the receipts OF new -four have not been in
advance or demands, and there has not been an
accumulation OF stock. The grain crops are heavy,
and wheat Is In active deman l. with corn and oats
steady. The offerings OF hay have been light the
past week and the prices are firm. especially for
the good kinds Green cured timothy Is always
in demand and brings good prices Many farm
ers who are careless in making hay lose heavily
as a result Careful farmers can generally COM
mani nearly One-third more for their hly than
the careless ones Straw is in steady demand, as
Is also corn On the cob.
THE BUTTER MARKET
IS rather on the boom, and prices are advancing
Fine grades are scarce and higher, and in SYM
pathy with the markets generally through the
country. 1t being the season for cold storage. II
Is not expected that fine grades will BE- any
cheaper this season. Medium grades are in good
demand, and poor kinds not wanted. Eggs are
scarce and higI % anu % cents in large Quanti-
tie. II is not likely they Will be much cneaper.
Poultry has b en- in active demand ali the week,
WIN ruling prices at II to ID cents per pound by
large lots. Some ducks nave appeared, tut no
other kinds OF game in quantities.
Dried fruits are OF prompt sale whenever Of
fered, particularly for the small fruits, such as
cherries. blackberries, Taspherries, a. Apples
ana peaches will command good price, this ) n
Green 1rult Is generally aUund mt, except Hrat-
Class peacne5, which are getting scarce and hign
The prices ranging from 81 TO 81 80 per buse. 6ox
Gholce W,terneions are selling Tor $50 per HUI
dred. Cnoce Bartlett pears & so 10 81 IS per
buohel box; half barrel boxes $3.50. Concord
grapes So per hundred. Delaware SIS per hundred
pounis, Isabella grapes 3 to cents per pound by
gu ntlties. Cantaloupes s. TO So per hundred
Dam ons 50 80 per bushel. Apples $3.50 to 81 per
barrel Tni, Is the season lor preserving fruits,
in
market Foreign fruits are quoted as follows:
BANANAS 1915 10 50 25 per butch. lemon, s. per
onS are selling at 81 per box, uran5to Sc TO 81.
VEGETABLES PLENTIFUL.
Vegetables continue to be plentiful in their re.
spectiVe seasons; Irish potatoes, SITS to 81 per
busnel sweets, So so to So: egg plants S. per half
barrel packages; onions. $3.50 per barrel; cab
pages, 81 to s. per hundred head. Green corn Is
plentiful at $40 TO SIS per hundred doz, H. Lima
beans are OF excellent quality this year. and are
plentiful Tomatoes are also excellent in quality;
they range from so cents to II per box The fresh
meat market is lively Headquarters Of beer, 81
10 lO4 per pound; fOreruarterS, 5 to 6T cents ;
dresard lambs, by Carcass, 10 to II cents; mutton
10 scents; live calves, 5 10 ~ cents per pound !;
prime ones, s. TO $50.
THE PHARMACISTS AT MOUNT vERSoN.-About
seven hundred people went TO Mount Vernon yes
terday on the cOmpiim sntary excursion given by
The pharmacists OF this city in connection with
the meeting OF the American Pharmaceutical As
ISOLATION. a dinner was served OH seven large
LADIES, arranged on the grounds in the OF the
mansion. AT night the grounds We're lighted with
Chinese lanterns, and there Was display OF fire
works. On the return trip the guest; held meet
ing In The main saloon vi the steamer and passed
appropriate resolutions, thanking the druggists
anu people or Washington for the handsome and
hospltaoe manner in which they hal been enter
tilnel. Speeches were male by Messrs. TUFTS, Of
New Hampshire; MarkOe OF Boston; Schaeffpr OF
Kentucky; Baker, o. Richmond. and others. The
american Phirmaceut1cai ASsO LATHAM met here
twenty-five years ago and Went on an excursion to
Mount Vernon. Some or the Old member, pres
ent yesterday went on the excursion in 1855 Most
Oh the ntmDerS OF the association lett Ior tneir
Cd,