National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-08-24
THE LOCAL MARK ETs.
Prices of Produce for Houselseepers,
Merchants, and shippers.

Prices of Produce for Housekeepers,
Merchants, and Shippers.
There is a good supply of vegetables and
fruits on the market. The demand ia good,
with prices fair. Butter is steady. Fruits
are in abundance, with good sales. Fish is
of the best quality and holds good prices,
with fair demand. Game finds small sales;
prices are high. Poultry finds good
market; supply good and prices fair. The
season for reed birds, ortolans, and black
birds opens on Sept. Is. Meats are In good
condition; prices steady; demand very good.
Butter holds its own; demand fair to good;
prices remain unchanged.
Retail Prices--Center Market.
BUTrER.-Best prints, 40 cents per pound; best
creamery, IS cents; fresh Now York, 30 TO 3j
cents; roll, 20 to 80 cents. Eggs IS 10 20 cents
per dozen. Cheese. Is to 20 cents.
PouLTRy.-Springc chickens, 80 cents to 81 per
cents per pair; duckllngs, rs cents to 81. 25 per
pair; domestic duck, - cents per pound tur-
key, 16 cents Der pound.
GAME-Green turtle, 10 cents per pound;
frogs, 81 per dozen; Woodcock, LOS per pair.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. % cents per peck: u.s.
paragus, b to cents por bunch; lettuce, 8 to s
cents head; cabbage, Q to 10 cents per head;
per dozen; spinach, % to SOC. per peck; green
peas, % to soc. per peck; tomatoes, 25 cents per
peck; bunch onions. TO cents; yams, 70 cents
lemons, 40 cents per dozen; new bee,s 4 to
cents per bunch; egg plants. to 10 cents per
piece; dried apples, cents POI. pound; dried
20 cents pound; soup beans, 10 to lie !. quart;
lima beans, IL cents quart; carrots, cents q
bunch; hominy cents quart; cymlings 2
cents each: radishes, to cents a bunch; Gu.
cumbers, Is cents dozen; green corn. 10 cents
dozen: caulitiowers, 10 TO % cents apiece
string beans, 40 cents peck; sauerkraut, %
cents per gallon.
FRuIrs-Prunes, 10 cents pound; pickles. s
to II cents dOZeni mince meat 10 cents per
pound; preserves, 10 cents per pound; honey, 20
cents per pound; bananas, 25 to 30 cents per
dozen; pineapples, 10 to 20 cents apiece; rasp.
cents quart; peaches, 40 cents per peck; Juno
apples, 50 cents per peck; gooseberrios, 10 cents
per box; currailts, TO- cents per box; water.
melons, 5to 30 cents each; canteloupes, . to Is
cents each; grapes 10 20 20 cents per pound;
dsmsons, 40 to GU cents peck; pears, 90 cents
to 81 peck.
FIsM.-Boiling rock, If. cents per pound;
halibut, 20 cents per pound; white perch, % 70
40 cents per bunch; pickerci, 10 cents per
pound; gray mackerel, 20 cents per pound;
Spanish, 2o cents per pound; fresh mackerel,
10 TO 20 cents apiece; FOUNDERS ana co ilish, III
cents pound; sheepshead, Is and - cents u
pound sturgeon 10 cents q pound; Holsters, 10
cents per pound; crabs, 20 cents per dozen; sott
crabs 81 per dozen; clans, 10 cents per dozen;
fresh salmon. 80 cents per pound; salt water
taylors, l2l& cents per pound salmon trout Is
cents per pound; spots, 40 cents per pound; hog
fish, 20 to 40 cents a bunch; pompinos, 30 cents
| a pound. Smoked and snltcd tlsh-Smoked
| salmon, 20 cents per pound; sailed salmon, ID
| cents per pound; smoked muckcrel to 4
| cents apiece; dried herring, 20 TO 90 cents per
| dozen; cells, 10 to % cents per pound; scotch
| herring, 10 cents per dozen; smoked haddock
| l2l4 cents per pound; smoked shnd, 10 cents
| per pound; salt shad, l2l5 cents per pound; No.
| mackerel, 10 TO 20 cents apiece.
| hppI
pound; tenderloin steak, 20 TO % cents: sirloin,
| 30 cents; round steak, 10 cents; chuck roast,
~ cents; corned beeI, to l?l2 cents; lamb, 10
10 20 cents; mutton, 10 TO Is cents; mutton
chops 10 10 20 cents; veal, II TO 20 cents veal
chops 10 to 20 cents; veal outlets, % centsi SOUP
meats, S to 10 cents.
| pound; hams sliced, rs cents shoulders, y 10 ].
| cents; breasts, 1917 to l6 cents; salt pork, 10
| cents; jowls, 7 cents WeEtphllias ii cents
| lard, 10 cents; beef tongues, GO TO o. cents d
piece; dried beef, sliced % cents per pound
| dried beef clipped, % cents; dried beef by the
| piece, l6 TO 70 cents per pound.
The Wholesale Market.
Flour holds Its own. Grain steady. Butter
supply light. Eggs short, good market with
prospect Of advance in prices. Poultry aale'
very good Fruit trade active, with large sup
plies of peaches pears, grapes, and apples
Prices low,
The following were the wholesale prices
PoiatGcs-sl.5O to sl.75 per barrel. Cabbage
-Sl.tO 10 81 per barrel. Tomatoos-2A to D
cents per boz. Cueumbers- Norfolk, 81 10 3l5O
Eastern Branch, So 10 81 per box, Egg plants
! Sl5O 10 $500 SquNgh-5O cents, Beans
round 81 10 - 80 per box; Fat Norfolk so cont,
PER box, Bets cents per bunch. onions
| 80 cents 20 81 per bushcl. Peas-sl50 to q PEI
LarrCl ,rincapples-Sl2 10 S!5 per hundred
| NnspbCrlius-ll 10 ~ cents per box.
| blessed city meats Bpci.-Choco, 81 cent
! inferior. TO ~ Ceuts. ShpCp-Chulct, Z - II
| cents. IHmb3-Chuicc, II 10 IL cents, Calves q
| ClOicC-ll cCUts; inferior "a common, ~ rrn,y
s. 20: lasriS brands, ~ toSL2j; family, pate Il
| IiOcCss Sh..d 10 gG; CXtG. sh5l ~ -; slplg :,
| IL ta..5; rye, ~ 10 Sl.iO; corn meal, hl.!ed
! NLTc, o. 10 rs cents; nubu.tCd, yellow, 81 10 3
| ttuts: cat meal, sG2N.
Cmin-Com, yellow and IL. VI, 3 tyl " ce =
! Gnts, We'tlr white, No /, 81 10 Is cents; do
| TiN,G, No, ., jsi TO ~ cyuis
NH ttCd--l r.u, WESTERN, per t9a. 2ll - 81