The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-23
FRANCE AND TRADE.
.rlssEss N TIE nor xaEKEr
xroKES YESTERDAY.
..-x,on Reported at 20 Cents
..son Of the sstaatien-An
u.rket in All Lines of Pro-
reiexraphic Reports
SATURDAY. sept. =.

RDAN. sept =.
-. are recovering. The stagna-
81. rh;eh has prevailed during the
=. - Part Of the week, was broken
80 today, by the purchase Of 100
Il oDc By Sacramento dealer
rastern firm. This transaction
- by some as favorable isidi-
-, Il higher prices. but Seattle
-. are disinclined 20 purchase at
- rate, And prefer to await further
'sa--saaou,ents. The average crop
s.e.rhout the White river and
s.-.lluo valleys Il rather more
ton per acre, bat there are
- .rrra-es in when the yield Is Ia
- md over. Perhaps the apparent
.r.t,v 81 present Of Eastern buyers
Z, Il explained partially By the
.ss.,n,eut male by a grower, who
~. that. in several instances. con-
-. we're made early in the season
ssrxhoie crops at a rate Of 12s1e. or
..srpalouts. which ~ the time was
s,..;.sere,i very fair rate. This
~ses WI no doubt show a more active
market
H.y i in demand at a jobbing rate
dsl5 per ton
f,ats are unchanged aud potatoes are
heiug Supplied in moderate quantity,
.tprices quoted Tuesday.
Wheat and -four are firm, and much
scsivity is shown in general merchan-
disc
Cheese has advanced, Eastern cream
pbbing at HE
The sales for the week in fruit have
been large. Grayenstein apples. pears
mi grapes have had large call to-
dsy. Watermtions and peaches are
ecirg oat of the market fast, as the
demand i slight.
Chickens are selling rapidly and
r.nse s in big demand. but the supply
i almost nil.
Snail shipments of oysters arrived
from Olympia and Samish. and prices
are easier, s. per sack delivered being
he rate paid. The catch OF salmon
vas small last night. A shipment Of
~ lhs vas made to Minneapolis. The
GoGiie Adams started for Queen Char
lnste sound to-day on a fresh halibgt
ZIP. The crew claim 10 be able to fill
her Riih single set d travis. Ii il
expected she will return within two
weeks with cargo Of 5000. which
vii be shippad on ice 20 the East. The
Eiaard F. Webster. recently returned
from a sealing trip, will shortly engage
in the same industry.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE
RECEIPTS Daring the last q hours
merchandise and produce have been
delivered at this port as fellows Per
Puget SoInd shore road X cars, con-
tanning rs tons: Columbia a. Puget
Sound railroad. ! tons: Seattle, Lake
Shore q Eastern. 206 tons; Hassaio.
4 tons: Idaha, . tons Merwin. ~.
tons: Nellie, = ton; Lilly. ~ tons ::
Washington, x tons. Total receipts
s36 tons.
sttttt4tE Stit fbsEEHAt Atft q tA~t=
eggs, 80 brkins and 4 boxes butter. 20
sacks flour, % sacks shorts, in5 sacks
pats, u sacks wheat, 1919 sacks pata-
Ioes, II sack vegetables, crate cab-
bage, 10 sacks oysters, 10 kegs beer, "a
boxes green peas. l6i boxes apples. .
boxes pc srs, : boxes fruit, lol boxes
,lunls, box turkeys, bunch birds.
bunch pigeons, 70 bales hops. 10
,ases coal oil. hhi kerosene. bundle
hides, no head hogs, 2p,0o0 brick. 70, :
- feet lumber. 700 feet cedar luns-
Der.
SHIPMENTS During the last "a
hours goods and merchandise have
been shipped from Seattle 10 the sur
country as follows Puget
Sound Shore road 90 tons, Columbia
( Puget Sound railroad . tons. Sc
attle, Lake Shore & Eastern slis tons.
Starr 29ls tons, olympian tons.
Hassalo 50 tons. Augusta tons.
Michigan tons. Grace 3 tons, Ecker
sen ton. Total shipments 1914 tons