Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-07
General Market.

The fruit dealers are setting their bust
promises to be large. All winter long they
had little to do, as during the cold months
business has been substantially closed
up. The bright spring sun will open the
river, and trade will soon revive. The quo
tations have not changed materially from
last week. Choice high colored Valencia
oranges,42O in box, $500 per box; choice
new Messina, 81 per box; choice new Mes
sina lemons, $4.50@5 per box. Apples
have advanced slightly and are
quoted at from $3.50 to 81. Oysters, 80
to 40c. Malaga grapes, in kegs $3.50;
bbls. $3.50. California pears, $3.50 to
81 per box. Choice new layer figs, lie.
New Arabian dates, in trails, 10c. Duffy's,
N. Y, cider, $3.50 per bbl; PC per gallon
in casks. Kentucky cider, $3.50 per Dbl;
half bbls, $3.50. Fancy hand picked pea
nuts, white Virginia, new crop, 10c. Terra
gona almonds, zoe. New Naples walnuts,
19c. New French walnuts, 15c.
New Brazil nuts, 12c. New Sicily
hiberts, lac. New Baraco flberts, 12c.
Pecans, 12c.
DRESSED Hostile supply is only fair
and shippers are not sending them in very
freely, still there are about as many as are
required for the trade. The season will
not last many days longer and with the
advent of warm weather will come the
closing up time. The following are the
quotations for hogs, veal and mutton:
$7@7.25 on a range of 100 pounds;
veal 10912c; mutton, city dressed,
SC; country dressed, 1880; beef sides,
city dressed, 1925 to So; country dressed,
Sc to 81.
LIVE HoGs-The receipts are very light
and they are held at 514@5Ac.
CATTLE-Both the Northwestern and the
Union stock yards are fairly well supplied
with Iowa cattle. Quotations have not
changed much and are as follows: Choice
steers, $450@5; fair to good, $3.75@4.25;
good mixed, $3.25@3.50; scalawags, $3.50
@3; mich COWS, $40@65; veal calves, Sc
OF per 100 pounds.
SHEEP-At present there are not many
sheep arriving and prices are generally
steady. There is very good demand for
a choice quality of mutton, and some
dressed mutton is arriving from Montana
in refrigerator cars, which is pronounced
to be very superior. Prices are $4.50@
5.25.
On-Raw oil, one barrel, sec per gallon,
in car lots, 53c; five barrels, 55c; ten bar
rels, SAC. Boiled, Sc per gallon extra;
Linseed meal, $21 in car lots, per ton; $22
single ton.
CRANBERRIEs are out of the market.
BUTTER Is very slow and is growing
slower every day. There is a good deal
coming in, while there is a very little de-
mand, and nothing but the choicest is sell
ling, and that only in a very limited guam
tity. 1t is very dull at the figures given
under the head of commission dealers.
EGGS are easier, owing to the large re-
ceipts from below and the crowding of
picked eggs upon the market. They are
quoted at % TO 2Se.
DRESSED PoULrRY-Turkeys are quoted
at 1S@19c, chickens at 15@16c and ducks
at 14@ 15c. The receipts are small and the
demand is light.
OYSTERS, 80 to 40c.
Provisions Ness pork, $18.75619;
hams, 12@1215c; clear bacon, scarce, 1870
spiced and breakfast bacon, 13c; shout
ders, Sc; tierce lard, 13c; keg lard
1215c; wooden pals, 20 pounds, 124
@134c; tin pals, 3 pounds, 1870; 1C
pounds, 14c; mess beef, $12.5O@I3 pei
barrel; smoked beef, 1119c per pound.
BEANS $1.5O@2.75 per bushel for msdi-
UNI to choice hand picked.
BREWERS SUPPLIES is unchanged
and is still quoted at $4,000; hops main
tanned the advance previously noted; $11O
for Washington to $1.15 for New York
FLoUR-Patents, $6@6.75; clears, SIS to
1925; straights, $3.50 to 1915; common
brands, 81 to So; in barrels, 25c extra
Buckwheat flour, Sc to $3.50. Rye -four
81 to 1925. Graham, $3.50 to $5.25.
LIME, CEMENT, ETC.-Are dull and inact
i've, owing to the substantial closing of the
building season. Quotations are as fol
lows: Oshkosh, Port Byron and Milwaukee
white lime, $1.25 per bbl.; Milwaukee &C.
ment, $1.5O per bbl.; Louisville cement
$1.65 per bbl.; plaster paris, 1925 per Dbl.
plastering hair, 35c per bushel; st. Louis
No. fire brick, $45 per thousand; fire clay