Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-22
PRODUCE.
Wheeling.

The market is in good condition.
Apples and cabbage are rather firm at the
present report. Prospects are good for
further improvement.
Green stuff is selling up pretty
close to the supply and prices have changed
but in a few instances since our
last report Good stock is sold up pretty
close to the supply, but ordinary
stuff hangs on and is slow selling.
The prices quoted below are wholesale fig
ures and all green stuff Is home raised. The
quotations are changed on Tuesdays and
Butter-Demand brisk; choice creamery
20a22c; country choice 20a2lc; good cOun-
try 12allc; common 5a6c; supply fair.
Beans-New handpicked navy 81 40al 60
per bushel; old 81 10a1 Is; demand for
old slow, for new good.
Dried Fruit-New evaporated pared
peaches 3Oa35c; impaired do 15al7c; rasp-
berries 20a22c ;blackberries 9al0c;new sun
dried apples, quartered, 3a3lc, sliced 34a4!c;
peaches, new halves, 42a53c; do quarters 4
do pared 15alSc;pitted cherries l2al3c;
new evaporated apples 10al2c. Market on
dried fruit nominal; demand moderate.
Cheese-SaleS in a jobbing way of prime
mild Ohio factory at SIC; New York l4a
15c; Sweitzer 1Oa11c; Limberger Sal2c.
EggS-Strictly fresh stock at 2jc per
doz. supply light and demand good;Pickled
l9a22c.
Feathers Choice, 5Oa55c, in original
packages; 4a5c more in small lots.
Honey-ChOicc white clover, l3alAc;
choice buckwheat, l2al4c.
POtatOes-ChOice new home raised, 40 to
soc per bushel; demand light; supply good.
POultry-Live chickens, old - JOa2 %
per dozen; dressed chickens to Sc per
pound; turkeys, live Ease, dressed 9allc
per pound; demand good, supply fair
ducks. live s. OOa3 90. dressed lOal2c.
Rags-Steady at 1ia1!c for white mixed
cotton; 1a13e for all wool and l4al4c for
mixed
Sceds-Hungarian 81 Is per bushel;
Golden Millet 81 % per bushel.
Lard-COuntry prime, 5!a6c; demand
fair.
Apples-Green, per Dbl. choice new,
| s. O0a2 %; common 81 GOAL p per barrel;
demand good supply light.
Onions-New, 75caS1 90 per bushel; good
demand; supply light.
Cabbage-At 6OaS5c per Dbl; demand
good, supply light.
Sweet potatoes-S2 so to ? IS per barrel;
Jerseys, s. 90 to ; so; supply light; de-
mand good.
Cranberries-s2 p to 50 80 per hushel
crate; good demand, supply good.
Celery--4Oc per dozen punches; demand
good, supply good.
GameESquirrel per doz., 75c.aSl p;
rabbits per doz. 81 5Oal 10; pheasants per
doz. So 0Oa3 30; quail per doz. 81 15a2 90;
wild turkeys 75c aSl so; VeniSon saddles
16calTc. whole deer 7a9c.
New York.
New YORK. December 21.-Flour-
Receipts 81, 400 barrels; exports 6,20i
barrels, II, 10l sacks; market heavy sales,
II, 500 barrels; superfine western and state
81 40a3 p; patent Minnesota extra good
to prime 81 50a4 20; choice to XN 81 70
as %. Wheat-Receipts II, 800 bushels;
exports 1903 bushels; cash fa2c and
options $alc lower, closing steady; decline
partly recovered; sales 1876 900 futures,
3l6,O spot; No. l hard 93c in store;
No. spring 90c; ungraded red sla9O4c;
No. 3 red SIC; No red December, nOmi-
nal at SS5c; January SS}aSSSc, closing ut
SSSc; February S9ja9Olc, closing at 9OIc;
March 9lla9l5c, closing at Disc; April
93la93sc, closing 93sc; May 94sa94 13-l6c,
closing vt 94}c; July 96c; August 96sa96sc;
closing at 96$c. COrn--Lower, closing
steady; receipts so, bushels; exports
IS, 961 bushels; sales 500, 900 bushels
futures, Isl, 900 spot; uugraded 46a41 &c;
No. s 46laI5{c; No. , December nominal
at l63c; January 47a47lc, closing at Ale;
February 4Sla4Slc, closing at 4S4c; May
5la5tIc, closing at 5l!c. Oats-ReceiptS
4, $50 bushels; exports none; mixed West
ern 35a3Sc; white do 37a4lc. Tallow -
Steady and more active. RoSin-Qulet at
81 GOAL OIL. Hay-Steady; demand fair.
Hops-Quiet. Coffee-Fair; Rio steady
at l4ic options lower and active; sales
107, 500 bags; December 11.95c; January,
February. March and April 11.TOa1l. SOc;
May, June and July 11.7oa1l.9o. Sugar
Dull and nominal; refined dull; confec-
TONERS A, 5sc; off A, 5sa5lc; standard A,
5sa5 7-16c; powdered, 15-l6a6sc; cubes,
5 l3-l6e. Rice-Firm. Fundamentally;
United closed at 66}c; crude, in barrels,
6la6Jc; refined 6sc. Turpentine-Steady
at 36Ic. Eggs-Firm and in fair de-
mand; receipts l, 732 packages; Western Pa
&c. Wool-Dull and unsettled; domestic
fleece 3Oa3Sc; pulled 14aS5c; Texas 9a25c.
Pork-Firm, with moderate demand. Cut
Meats-Firm; picked bellies 63c; smoked
do, 7lc; picked hams 9fa92c. Lard
Moderately active; western steam spot
Sc 52la6 90; December Sc 90; January
s. 5Sa6 SO; February S. 62a6 Sc; March