Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-12

Seaffie-


SEATTLE, March II, los..
Trade daring tie past week has been
qzSss, thsrs being bat little movement
ia anything exssp. potatoes. Ek1eh have
gene forward in large qpansities- Grain.
h0ps and other pFodace are rnoTins very
slowly.
HOPS-Ne marked improvement is
10 he noted ia the bop market Cstiin,
an Eastern hayef, il still here, bat does
nos feel iastFhsd Ia Offering over nine
csEts for good. veti eursd hOps- Very
few sales are beise made, although
some light shipments are being made
on ennsgn nar!t, ths shipper sdy3neinR
ave cents per poQDd-
WHEAT-FaIr demand for chicken
zbsaf, which l0tSs a. $50 per ton
OAils- Bat few have gone torssr1 20
san Francisco since orr last report, and
local trade - very q1ist. S1ippsrs are
Jnly Offering SIS per ton, free on board
steamers at SEATTLE. for choice lots
FLOgR-Ths demand continues fair.
standard brands Of California and Ore
son hJor ars q1otabls, IN iobbinR
way at S425 70 $3.50 per barrel; soun
Try brands az 81 I5to -; sapeFnne - V;
graham, JOIi sacks. $40: graham, Z'o
sacks, R4-s5 yer barrel.
FEED-Brsn, Sls per ton; shorts. So;
nidl3linRs, SO: groaod barley, 81! ~
ground corn. SO; whole corn, 81;
1Ats, 40: oil cake meal. $50.
PDIAIOES--Ozing 20 the large in
pogtsliou OF Oregon potatoes tie san
Francisco market has not i1proyed
very much. Seattle b1yeEs are paying
40 per ton FOR choise varieties, veil
sacked. and delivered on board steamers
Al Seattle. Over four thousand sacks
wen. forward by the Mexico. and fuily
| foug thssu-snd g4cks are In sight already
sar shipment BY the outgoing Ge's. W.
E.sder. IL n Bafe 70 presume that By the
close OF the present month nearly all
the potatoes available for shipping will
havs been serlt forward.
HAY-DenAnd slack. Growers are
of ring choice timothy 81 81 per toa on
the bank. Dealers 10 a retail way
charge sIt to SIS per ton.
BUTTER 49, Slightly lower. Qnote
California fresh roll q - "A cents pei
pound: oaOics local ds ries - TO - cents
per pound. Oiaomargarine, snich mas
queradss uadeK the name Of Eastern
butter In KITS y cents per pound
cooking butter Is 90 20 cents per pound
CABBAGE Small shipments from
the conntry are received from time "a
time, but most of the cabbage offered IA
the local marksts.is imported from Cali
| fornia. Sixteen hundred pounds we're
received here Inesday from Gnemes-
and was sold TO first hands &c cents
per poHnd.
| FfRH-The local markets are we'll
supplied with saasOnable isb. Halibut
| eaneht ia tue Straits, is shipped here m
large quantities, and Jobs az 8 to 8 cent
per pound. These isn vsFv In size from
% 10 30 pounds each. Founders re-
| tail at 3 cents per pound; winter salmon
cents; sneit I cents; perch 3 cents
| herring 3 cents; GRATIS 90 cents pei
| dozen.
OYSTERS-.Small shipments of these
shell fish arrive almost daily from Ulym
| pia and Samisb, the latter being gene
rally preferred. They job at from S3.2i
| to 1880 per sack in the shell, and open
| ed retail az 81 per qnart.
| FRUfTS-Good apples are scarce
Jobbers pay 80 to 10 eepts per box
| bananas retail At 80 cents per dozen;
oranges 40 90 20 cents per dozeH; cocoa
nuts 10 cents each.
| CHICKENS small shipments Teeeiv-
ed fro IN Oregon. We quote common
fowls - per dozen; fat hens : 20; re-
TAFT pricas 30 to 60 cents each.
EGGS Market firmer, and fresh are
quotable AZ from Ia to 20 cents by The
case; retail price q cents per dozen.
MEArS-No change in fresh n eats.
We quote hams, covered Armour's. Al
| iSls cents per pound