Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-04
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Eggs and Choice Creamery Butter
Firm at Late Advance.
CHEESE EXPECTED SOON TO RISE.
Light Receipts of Cereals and Tone of
Trade Improved.
A BRIGHTER DAY BEGINS TO DAWN
OFFICE OF PIrTsBURG DISPATCH.
SATURDAY, February 2, 1889.
Country Produce, JobbinS Prices.

OounlTy TOuuCes JODDID2 IflCeS.
The changed situation in butter and eggs. a,
compared with what we have had all the pas
month, will be seen by the following statement
of a leading commission merchant: 'For the
past two or three days 1 have sold as much but
ter and eggs in one day as 1 had been selling in
three days for several weeks before. Demand
is good and prices are firm at the small ad.
vance" Cheese is bound to take a turn ND.
ward in a very few days. Pittsburg dealers
would find it hard to replace their stock Of high
grades at present prices. Advices from Chicago
show great frmness there. Good grades of
Sweitzer cheese are in good demand at quota.
tions. Low grades are hard to sell at any
price, The tone of trade shows some improve.
ment on a week ago, but there is still large
room for improvement before produce markets
can be called active.
BEANS-Navy from store, prime hand picked,
s. 00G2 10 per bushel; medium, 81 90; Ohio and
Pennsylvania do, prime and medium. 81 UO@
2 10; imported do, 81 1902 90; Lima, SIC per n;
marrowfaJ, 81 75G2 50 per bushel.
BUTTER-Creamery, Elgin, 29@3lc: Ohio do,
25d2c: fresh dairy packed, 20@23c: country
rolls, lS922c; CHARTERS Creamery Co. butter, %
oslo.
BEEswAx-28@25c per II for choice; low
C1DER1Sand refined, Sc 5O67 50, common.
S. 5064 90; crab cider, IS 0O@S 80 p barrel;
cider vinegar. 106l2c p gallon.
CHEEsE-Ohio cheese, fall make, I20l2%c;
New York, fall make, I23@l3c; Limburger,
l%6l2%c: domestic SweItzer cheese, I36I31Sc.
DRIED PEAs-Sl 45@l so p bushel; split DO,
2%G3Zc p n.
EGGs-i5@I6c p dozen for strictly fresh.
FRUTTs-Apples, 81 90 TO 81 80 q barrel; evap-
GRATED raspberries, 25c p ID: cranperries, IS
= barrel: s. 4Od2 80 y bushel.
FEATHERS-EXtra live geese, 50660c; No. i
do. 40945c; mixed lots. 30@35c ~ d.
HoMINY-S3 1908 40 p barrel.
HoNEY-New Crop, l6@l7c; ~buckwheat, l3@
l5c.
PoTAToEs-Potatoes, 35@4Oc p bushel; 81 so
az 70 for Southern sweets; s. 2593 so for Jer-
sey sweets.
PoULTRY-Live chickens, 65G75c . pair:
dressed chickens. l3@l5c p pound: turkeys, Ii
@l5c dressed q pound; ducks, live, SO6S5c p
pair; dressed, lS9l4c 2 pound; geese, log
lie ~ pound.
SEEDs-CIover, choice, 81 MS to bushel. Sc per
bushel; clover. large English, 81 MS, IS -25;
clover, AIsike, IS 50; clover, white, So 90: timo-
thy, choice. IS lbs, 81 s.; blue grass. extra clean. |
Il MS, 81 90; blue grass, fancy, IA Ms, 81 20;
orchard grass, Il Ms, s. 90; red top, IA bs, 81 90;
millet, so MS, 81 Is; German millet, 90 lbs, 81 90;
Hungarian grass, As ms, 81 90; lawn grass, mix
ture of fine grasses, Csc per b.
SHELLBARKS-Sl 50Gl %.
TALLow-Country, 41zQ5c; city rendered,
5G5%c.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, fancy, So 90
a 90 p box: common lemons. 81 rs e
box; Msssina oranges. s. 5063 so q box;
Florida oranges, s. DOGS so box; Jamaica
oranges, fancy, Sc 50@7 0 q barrel; Malaga
grapes. IS 5O67 90 = key: bananas, 81 SO
nuts, 81 0Od4 80 p hundred; new figs, l2@l4c p
pound; dates, 5H@6Hc p pound.
NEGETABLES-Celery, 40@5Oc doz. punches;
cabbages, So 00@4 90 ~ 100; onions, SOC p bushel:
Spanish onions, $4,000 p crate; turnips, 80
@4Oc p busheL.