The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-31
THE BIGGEST MARKET
SEEN IN wnKnnINe FOR YEARS
rs,s,sseopdwsra saturday asornirr.-rh.
Ward Almost nronopelIlsdby Wagons.
Esstyshiae Plenty bat Money, and
Iittis Of that Needed to purehase.

The market in the Second ward satur-
day morning excelled anything ever seen
inthis cityfby anybody bptan oldest in-
ihabitant. Thespsce allottedto Market
purposes was altogether inadequate, and
the wagons and stands overlooked aud
took Eleventh street and The west side
oiMarket for half square below Eleventh.
Everything was plenty but money, and
vegetables and other commod itles were
40 cheap that q dollar wonld buy almost
q wagon load. prominent citizen OF
Cleveland proclivities sanntering through
the mage Of buyers aud sellers ran acroas
an INTEtnfaRScER man, and waving ms
hand over the array 81 wagons, truits, veg
etables and human beings, remarked:
sssYon see the eject Of Democratic
..Yes,n said o huclster near, who was
trying TO close out q wagon load ofroast-
ing ears at 5 cents o dozen yes, that's
Just what you do see verything is cheap
-the Democrats can't hurt the crops.
and nobody has nioneyto buy with-thats
| The fault OF the administration, II keeps
Proyide nce busy to undo the harm those
fellows ak Washinet ton do.
Garden truck, fruit Of all kinds, and
lin fact everything but meat, % almost s1n-
ipfecedently plenty and cheap this season.
Peats are especially so. All varieties are
lalmost d drug in the market. They range
lffom rs to go cents q peck, and the big
llnscious Bartietts are cheaper at 60 than
Ithe little knotty fruit without o name OF
l15. Few people know good pears from
bad; ones and tafmers nblushingly sell
1.-THE rough skinned little fall pears 70,
sickles 10 unwary buyer, while walnut
pears are sworn TO as the genuine sugar.
!. g Apples 20 at the buyers price cents
q peck and upward also downward, for Q
gentle bought barrel and half toi
4 35 cents. These were emaid denis blush.
Few snaps like this were toibe picked
up, however. 3: n
i 1.-Two Big cdcumbefs foria cent was the
ruling price. and fine cabbage was three
HEADS for q dime. Potatoes average aboa,
II Is cents 4 peel, and by the barrel from 81
to 81 40. z Corn fell 5irom1 % cents o dozen
Ito is during the market. Tomatoes are 9
.Ilittle higher than they were q short time
ldnce. They are Iow'worth 20 or so cent
bnshel, while many have been sold a
low as30. " \
/. Peaches are all prices aud as varying II
Quality. BY the crate they sell OF 81 10
4 generally. II youbuy3a peck you pay iron
il 40 to 70 cents. plums are sin peck buckle
\ for tie blue damsons and pfunes, ant
Irarge around Q dime quart for the fancy
red ones. !:
Eses are 0cents q dozen, aud butter 2:
Ito Is cent? q pound. a gentleman call
4 ed q reporters attention Saturday to thu
fact thst Mr.. j acob's excellent bill to pro
4 hibit the sale ofibogus butter under false
pretenses was already a dead letter. All
Sorts Of greasy truck are sold as butter.
i Itis worth q mans time 10 visit the up.
per market on a big morning, whether he
wants to buy anything or not. " is 9
good place 10 study human nature, and
almost any. morning an observer can have
\ the fnnof watching the widest TRANCE oil In
i cidents, from q filtration to the arrest OF 9
II sneak thiefSs .t7s-ii "a ls \ ~ ~