Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-14
PRODUCE.
Wheeling

TUESDAY, marcn IL.
Business for the past week has been
rather slow, owing TO the cold snap. APP
pies are rather scarce and apparently
there is no demand. The demand is q little
better for potatOes, turnips and cabbage,
new Florida cabbage and tomatoes being
in the market. Butter is in very light
supply, and the demand is in excess Of
receipts. Poultry is in fair supply and
the demand is good. Eggs have taken
another drop and the demand has become
heavy. The following are wholesale quota
tons:
Butter-COuntry choice 25a28c; good
country 1Sa22c; common 5a6c. Thesupply
is very light and the demand is good.
Beans - For hand-piCked navy the
demand is good and the supply is very
light. Prices are 81 60a2 rs per busheli
extra fancy 81 80.
Cheese-Prime mild Ohio factory Pa
l3c; New York 13a14c; Sweitzer l34al4c;
Limberger 10a1l. Market nominal,
Eggs-Strictly fresh stock 13al4c per
dozen. Supply light, demand heavy.
Feathers-Choice IN original packages
a55c; in small lots 4a5c extra.
Potatoes-Home raised 90ca$l 90 per
bushel; demand fair; supply fair.
Poultry--Live chickens, s. 25a3 IS
per dozen; turkeys live 8a9c per pound;
dressed 1la12c; ducks, live 81 40a3 so per
dozen.
Rags-Steady at Halle forwhite Iaixed
cotton; 1a14c for all wool, and Halle for
mixed.
Lard-Country prime, with a fair de-
mand, at 79aSc.
Onions-Per bushel 81 Goal 75; demand
good; supply scarce; per barrel 81 5Oa4 IS.
Cabbage-Home raised, light stock,
81 so per barrel; solid stock 81 rs per bar
rel; demand fair; supply light.
Turnips-$l rs per barrel; demand fair;
supply good.
P~arsnips-Per barrel 81 90 to s. 25;
demand good; supply light.
Apples-Northern stock, hand picked,
S. 80 per Dbl.
Game-rabbits 81 25 dozen; demand
good.
Seeds-Per bushel-Prime clover 81 80;
strictly choice 81 IS. Timothy 81 10 to
- So; orchard grass ST. 50a1 rs; blue
grass, extra green, 81 %.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, March 1S.-Wheat-Firm.
Corn-Quiet. Oats -Quiet and uninterest-
ing. Provisions-Higher. FlOur-Quiet
aud unchanged; No. , spring, wheat
74La763c; April 75ba75sc, closing at 75sc;
May 7~9Ia79sc, closing at 795c; June 79Ba
sole, closing at sO5c; July 79SaSOc, closing
at SOC. COrn-No. 2, 5~03a5Osc; May
512a5l3c, closing at 5l8c; June 5lsa
5l4c, closing at 51lc; July 5~lsa5lic, clos
ing at Size. Oats--NO. 2, 2Sia30ic; May
3la3lIc, closing at 3ltc; June 3O3a315c,
closing at size; August 27sa274c, closing
at 27sc. Rye-No. 9, 5S4c. Barley
No. 9 77aSOc. Flaxseed-No. l, 81 As.
Timothy Seed-Prime 81 50. Mess Pork
-$l4 O5a14 10; May$14 12!s14 329, clos
ing at S14 40; June $14 15al4 30, clos
ing at $14 80. Lard-$7 624a7 IS; March
81 65a7 673, closing at 81 67!; May 81 70
az 10, closing at 81 70; June 81 76a7 ~,
closing 81 tn; July 81 SOa7 1924, closing
at 81 SCI. Bulk Meats-Short ribs sides,
81 %. dry sailed shoulders, SO OOa6 10;
short clear sides, 81 IS. Whisky-At$1 10.
Sugars-Cutloaf 7sastc; %granulated 706c;
standard A G 69c. Butter-Steady cream
cry 22a29c; dairy 1sa25c. Eggs-MOre
active at l3al4c.
Now York.
NEW YORK, March 13.--Four-Noth'
ing doing; receipts 1864 packages ex-
ports 2,517 barrels, 1881 sacks. Wheat
Receipts LOO bushels, exports none
sales 632, 600 bushels futures, "a, 900 bush
els spot; No. red for milling at 92tc dellv-
cred; options varied but little, closing q
shade stronger; No. 2 red May 80 l5-l6a
Ollie, closing at 9ltC; June 9Osa9OS6c,
closing at 9Osc; December 9~2!a92sc, clos
ing at 92sc. Corn-Nominslly unchanged
receipts 81, $50 bushels; exports 7sd bush
els; sales 81, 900 bushels futures. Oats
Receipts 1850 bushels; sales none; alto
gether nominal. Hay-Quiet. Coffee
Exchange closed. Sugar-Nominal. Rice
Neglected. Petroleum-Dull; United
etc, crude 65a7sc. Turpentine-rull.
Eggs-Nominal; receipts 1921 packages
Pork-NegleCted.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, O., March 49,. Cotton
Dull. Flour-Easy. Wheat-StroDg; No.
, red SSc; receipts 1000 bushels; ship,
ments 500 bushels. orn-Quiet; No. :
mixed SIC. Oats-Dull and lower; No. :
mixed 33la34c. Rye-Dull; No. :, &C
Pork-Demand light at Sl4 80. Lard
Steady at 81 80. Bulk Meats-Dull
SHORT ribs 81 %. Bacon-steady and
unchanged. Whisky-Firm; sales l,O9t
barrels of finished goods on a basis ofSl Os,
Butter--Quiet. Sugar-Stoady. Eggs
Ia fair demand and steady at l3c. Cheese
Steady.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, O., March IL -Wheat-Dul
aud weak; cash S5sS54c; May anc
June S5Ec; July o3lc. COru-Neglected
Oats-Quiet; cash 33c. Glover Seed
Active and steady; cash and March - 80