National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-12
WASHINGTON CITY MARKETS.



Flour-Market. very quiet aud easier in price
Grain-The wheat market subsidized aud
rules lower than last week. Oats and corn are
Hay-The receipts are largo and pressure
70 sell on the track, The range of price is very
low. Choice, bright, grecu-cured timothy Is
less plentiful and will sell.
Buttcr-All grades in less demand and near.
by receipts are not selling at all The general
consumption is affected by the large supply
and cheapness Of fruits and vegetables.
Eggs-The supply is not excessive, but ample;
Touliry~oid fowls steady. The constant cry
from dealers IS spring chickens are too
small" Not less than three pounds to the
pair Is the kind they want OF are willing TO pay
highest quotations for.
folatoes-0ld stock in ample supply but
higher in price; new In good demand.
market settling down in price, Sheep and
lvmbs In large receipt, and market demoral-
lied. Calves dull. u,.,....
Creamery, fancy, 10 to l7c.; New York tubs,
new, II to lsc Virginia, Maryland, and Pcnnsyl.
vania dairy packed, choice, Il 10 lie. good
70 prime, o TO lie.
EGGS.
Nearby. fresh, i9c. western. i3c.
POULTRY AND GAME.
Turkeys, live &C.: Chickens, old fowls,
live, per pound, &C.; ROSTERS, live. per
pound, &C.. chickens, spring. large, per pound,
10 to 1sc; ducks, old, live, per pound, s 20
Wi betsei hNoi chVus 90 W OVV'
GRAIN.
Wheat, choice, 81 TO S9c,; fair TO good, 81 to
s6c; rye, 6s to zoe; corn, yellow, 1910 47o white,
Nos. and 2, 40 to 4Ic; oats southern, 80 10 zoe;
western white, No. and new, Al TO &c;
mixed, No. 2 81 to 8sc.
HAY AND STRAW.
Hay, clover, SO to 80: timothy $40 10 s12;
mixed, gil 70 sl2; straw, rye, Sl7 to SIS; oat,
sl0 to Slli wheat, 81 to 5000.
VEGETABLES.
New potatoes, per Dbl, s250.to SO; egg plants,
per box, 81 new peas, prime, per Dbl,
SoupS "a psl box oeqns mat per CABBAGE SSS M
Dbl, 81 to s125; bermuda onions per box,
e225; potatoes, choice, bush, zoe TO SOC; common
soc to GCci enllings bush, SOC To- Zoe; yams
Der 100, 81 to e. beans, white, N. y, mediums
s1,05 TO sl.IO n. Y. peas, sl.G5 70 slT0; marrow
fat, s05 to sl7O; Virginia white, slgO to 81. so;
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle, extra, per owt 1925 to $3.50; COM
mon, per owt, 81 to $500; rough, per cwt.,
s2tqs2s6 Hog, fair per ewt met, s5.25 e S.75;
calves, prime, per cwt', $3.50 to $3.50; common,
a TO $3.50. Cows, prime, each, $50 to $40;
common, each, SIS TO s2Oi old and dry, each,
CURED MEATS, ETC
Hams sugar cured, 10 to 1910; sugar.cured
shoulders TO &c; Sides western, NC; shout
dcrs, western, 81 TO &c; bulk, shoulders, 81
to &c; fat backs, 81 to Z; hams, country
smoked, 10 to lie; lard, country lots, ca to &c,
FLOUR AND MEAL
Minnesota, patent process, s5.25 TO $3.50;
bakers brands, So TO 1925: family, patent pro-
cess 81. 75 to So; standard brands, $3.50; extra,
S375 TO 81; super, s2.75 to $751; fine, SO to So 25;
middling, $3.50; rye flour, $3.50 to s3.75; Buck
wheat, New York, per owt., 81 TO 81 10; Vir-
gina, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, 80. Corn
meal, bolted, white, 45c; unbolted, yellow, 46c.
Fish, CLANS, and Crabs-Soft crabs, per dozen,
GO to SOc clans, per l0O 80 TO $50; trout large,
per h., to &C.; trout, small. per Dbl, $3.50 to
81; tnylors, each, to 1901 snappers, per h., 8
to &c.
sUEDRIEs.
Beeswax, 2Oc. tallow, AZ to 416c.; honey in
small boxes, 10 to 12c.; honey, loose comb, s 10
10c; rags, white, IL to &c; rags, mixed, 115c.
common, 20 to 25c,; faxseed, per bush, sl.it
to S1.t0; clover seed, per h., III to 1215c.
timothy seed $500 to s2.l0; ginseng, per H.,
$3.50 TO 81. 55; seneca, per lb., 30 TO 49,; pea
nuts, H. p, fancy, per h., 81 to G1Sc., peanuts
farmers, per. h., 4 to &C.; peanuts, factory
cleaned, per lb., 615 TO &c.
Furs, Wool, &c.-Wool, washed, % 10 soc.
wool, unwashed, 20c.; wool, bury, 16 TO 17c.
raccoon skins, 80 55c.; fox skins, 60 to 81
mink skins. o to 60c.; rabbit skins, ] to &c.
| muskrat skins, 2 TO $780,; otter skins, 81 TO 50
black skunk skins, COO. to 81; striped skunk
skins, 20 to 45c.; oppossum skins, l5c.