Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-11
PRODUCE.
Wheeling.

TUESDAY, April 10.
Business for the past week has been
considerably better. Apples are hard to
got, and the season is nearly over. The
demand is heavier for potatoes and cab
bage, and the stock in market is light.
Butter is in very light supply,
aud the demand is still in excess of receipts.
Poultry isiu fair supply and the demand is
good. The demand for eggs has i'm
proved and the price has advanced a
cent. The following are wholesale quota
tions:
Buttsr-Country choice 2Sa30c; good
country 18I22c; common 5a6c. Thesupply
is very light and the demand is good.
Beans - Fer hand-picked navy the
demand is good and the supply is very
light. Prices are 81 60a2 Is per bushel;
extra fancy 81 80.
Cheese-Prime mild Ohio factory la
13c; New York 13a14c; Sweitzer 133a14c;
Lfmberger 10a11. Market nominal.
Eggs-Strictly fresh stock lie per
dozen. Supply fair, demand good.
Feathers-Choice IN original packages
a55c; in small lots 4a5c extra.
Potatoes--Home raised 81 GOAL 20 per
bushel; demand good; supply light.
Poultry-Live chickens, So 25a3 rs
per dozen; turkeys live 1Oa1lc per pound;
dressed 129a15c; ducks, live 81 40a3 80 per
dozen.
Rags--Steady at 1ta13c for white mixed
cotton; 1a13 &c for all wool, and 1ia13c for
mixed.
Lard-Country prime, with a fair de-
mand, at 7!asc.
Onions-Per bushcl s. 90; demand
good; supply scarce; ner barrel S. 50a5 rs.
Cabbage-New s. - barrel crate, 81 so
to s. 90 large crate; demand good; supply
light.
Turnips--$l75 per barrel demand heavy;
supply good.
Parsnips-Per barrel ~ Oh to 81 %;
demand good; supply light.
Apples-Northern stock, hand picked,
So IS to 81 90 per Dbl.
Seeds Per bushel-Prime clover 81 CO.;
strictly choice 81 S.. Timothy 81 IS to
81 IS; orchard grass 81 50a1 10; blue
grass, extra clean, 81 %; common millet,
81 %; golden 81 70.
Onion Sets-S6 OOI7 90 per bushel. Sup
ply scarce and demand big,
New York.
NRw YORK, April 10.-Flour- Receipts
%, SCI packages; exports 1851 barrels, L.
Ola sacks; sales "a, 800 barrels; market
dull; common to good extra Western 81 Is
a3 50. Whest-Receipts $50 bushels; sx-
ports 81, S39 bushels; sales i6, $40, 600 bush.
els futures, rs, 600 bushels spot; options
feverish and very irregular; ungraded red
SSia89lc; No. . red 90a9l4c; No. 9 red
April 9OSa9l4c , closing at 9l9c; May S93-l6
a9l SC, closing at 81 &c; June SSsaS9sc, clos
ing at 90sc; July S74aS92c, closing at sole;
August S~6SaSS4c; September S6ssS9c, clcs-
iug ut SOC; December S9sa9l3c closing at
9lsc. Corn-ReCeipts 20, 800 bushels; ex-
ports 1898 bushels; sales 97G 900 bushels
futures, 10I 600 bushels spot; options
weak; ungraded 6 Ia65ic;N No. . April 6Gc;
MAY 6I13.1646l!c &c, closing at 624c; June
5~9ia60sc, closing at 60Sc; July 60Sc; Aug
ust 59Ss609c, closing at 603c; November
5Slc. Oats-Receipts 81, 900 bushels; ex-
ports 1900 bushels; sales 295, O00ibushels
futures, LAG, 600 bushels spot; market firm;
mixed Western 37a40c; white do ila45c
Hay-Quiet but steady. Hops-ln mod
crate demand. Coffee-SpOt, fair Rio dull
at l4lC; options slower and less active;
sales 60, 900 bags; April l1.35a11 45c; May
IL 25all. 45c; June ll.OOall 25c; July
10. 55sl0 75c; August l025al0. doc; Sep
TENDER 10 l5a10. 25r; November, December
and January 10 25c. Sugar Quiet; fair
refining quoted at 4 % 32c; centrifugal go
test 3 7-l6c. Molasses-Quiet; 500 test 19c.
Rice-Quiet. Petroleum Steady; United
closed firm at Tic. Cotton Seed Oil
Quiet and unchanged. Taliow-StrOpgtr.
Rosin-Quiet. Turpentine-Dull. Eggs
Firm and in fair demand; Western cola
20Sc. Wool-Qniet and easy; domestic -
q SIC; pulled lSai0c; Texas 13i20c. Pork
Strong and more active; mess quoted at
S14 50al5 90 for new, and $l4 00al4 50
for old. Cut Meats-Firm. Lard-Open-
ed 2a3 points higher, closed steady with
the advance lost; western steam spot
81 92la7 974; May z 95a7 81; June s. IS
az 80; July s. SSi7 81; August 81 81; Sep
TENDER s. Of; October s. %; city steam
s. 60. BuTtsr-Dull, heavy and lower;
western l5a27c. Cheese-Quiet; western
112a12c. Copper-Weak; lake 16.75c.
Chicago.
CRIcAeo, April 10.-The sharp bulge in
wheat and pork and brisk trading made
things look like old times to-day on
Change. The grain pits started off rather
dull, with first trades ut last nights clos
ing figures: About noon there was an adj
vance in prices all around. Corn sold from
52Ic up TO 52sc and reacted slightly. Then
the whirl in wheat began. May had sold
from 76sc down to 76fc. In Just thirty
minutes the price jumped to 779c, with
intense excitement in the pit. The market
had been stirred up by the Government
crop report. Flour-Steady. Wheat-Cash
No. 2 spring 7~3la76lc; No 3 spring ia
12lc; No. 2 red SHE; May 76s7sic, closing
at isle; June 76!a7s!c, closing at 79sc;
Juiy T7la79se, closing at 79sc; December
~19!as1sc, closing at s1fc. Corn-Cash
No. 9 sec; May 52ss5Sc, closing at 53c;
June 5~lla52lc, closing at sole; July 5lsa
52lc, closing Mt 52lc. Oats-Cash No. .
27fa3O1c; May 30fa3Ifc, closing at 31fc;
June 3Os3lc. closing at Sic; July 3O4a3lc,
closing at Sole; August 21sa27ic, closing
at 27Ic. Rye-Cash No. 2, sole.
Barley-No. 2, 77as0c. Flax Ssed-No 1,
81 As. Timothy Seed-Prime 81 gu.
Mess Pork-Cash S14 o.. Nav sf4 O5a