Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-09
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Drift in ALI Produce Lines is Down.
ward, Poultry Being
THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THE RULE
Supplies of Hay Too Large for the Demand
Cereal Markets,
BY 4 MAJORITY, In BUYERS FAVOR
OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH
TUESDAY, January 8, 1859. )


Country Produce, Jobbing Prices
With the one exception of poultry, the entire
drift of things in country produce lines is down.
ward. The weakness of butter and eggs for
the past few days has eliminated in another
decline. Some commission men profess a readi-
ness to furnish the best eggs going at Zoe.
Others claim that a reliable article
&c. At Chicago to-day the best Elgin creamery
butter is going at Csc, a figure about l5c below
the rate which ruled for a week or two in No
vember. The failure of the cold weather to
come to time has entirely disappointed calcula-
lions of spectators in hen fruit and dairy prod
ucts. Said q Liberty street commission mer-
chant: 1--WE are overstocked with everything.
and, as much of our stuff is very sensitive to
the weather, the mild weather we are having
has very much demoralized trade. Apples are
rotting in large quantity, and 1 wouldb mighty
glad to come out somewhere near whole on the
stock l am carrying"
BEANs-Navy from store, prime hand picked,
81 0O@2 10 per bushel; medium, 81 %; ONO ana
Pennsylvania do. prime and medium, - Jog
2 10; imported do, 81 90@2 90: Lima, 5Ac per ID;
marrowfal, So T5@2 80 per bushel.
BUTTER-Creamery, Elgin, 3l@33c; ONO 90,
rolls, lS92Oc; CHARTERS Creamery Co. BUTTER 5c.
BEEswAx-23@25c per f for choice; low
grade, l69lSc.
CIDERSSand refined, s6 5O@7 50. common.
90 OUUt w. L u CluCIg ~ OO~O
cider vinegar, 10@l2c q gallon.
C~HEESE-Ohio cheese. September make. I20
PIC; New York, September make, 12a@l3c;
LimburggseE;, 1l1@l2hc; domestic s"eitzer
DRIED PEAs-s1 45@l so % bushel; split do,
-EsGas-n922c ~ dozen for strictly fresh.
FRUITs-Apples. 81 % to 81 rs y barrel; evap,
grated raspberries, sc - Ii; cranDerries, - W
~ barrel: 81 70 u bushel.
FEATHERs-Extra live geese, 50060c; No. l
do. 4O@45c; mixed lots. 30@35c D. h.
HoMINY-$3 3O@3 40 u barrel.
HoNEY-New Crop, lSc; buckwheat, l39l5c:
PoTAToEs-Potatoes, 35@40c q bushel; - 80
sew sweets.
PoULTRY-Live chickens. 5@70c q pair;
dressed chickens. 12@l3c % pound; turkeys, IL
@l5c live, l661Sc dressed q pound: ducks,
live, SO@S5c g pair. dressed, l6c % pound;
~SEEDS-Clover, choice, 81 lbs to bushel, Sc per
bushei; clover. large English, 62 MS, So %:
clover. Alsike, S. so; clover, white, 50 w; timo-
thy, choice. 40 fs, 81 80; blue grass, extra clean.
IA lbs. 81 90; blue grass, fancy, IA MS, 81 20;
orchard grass, IA lbs, 81 90; red top, "A TBS, 81 GO;
millet, so lbs, 81 %; German millet. so lbs, 81 90;
Hungarian grass, 4S lbs, 81 90; lawn grass. mix
ture of fine grasses, Csc per ID.
SHELLBARKS-S1 50@1 Is.
TALLow-Country, 4a@5c; city rendered.
5@5%c.
TRoPICAL FRUITs-Lemons. So oO@3 so y
box; Messina oranges. s. 5O93 so 3 box;
Florida oranges q q 5 09aS NJ % % y bs no1i ' Maiaea
grapes. s. 5O@7 90 y key: bananas, 81 so
firsts, 81 5O@2 co.; good seconds p bunch; cocoa
nuts, 81 Oh q hundred; pineapplcs, $40 OOqlS 90
q hundred; new figs, 129l4c y pound; dates,
VEGETABLEs-Celery, 10@3Oc q bunch; cab
bages. So 0O@5 90 q 100; onions, SOC " bushel:
Spanish onions, 81 O091 Is u crate; turnips, 30
@4Oc q bushel.