The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-13
RETAIL MARKET REVIEW.

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RETAIL MARKET REVIEW
Few features that are new arc to be found in
the retail markets The trade Is steady, with
few changes from week to week, and fluctuations
in prices seldom great
Sugars are firm ut IL pounds of granuIated and
IL pounds OF extra for is. Pure maple syrup is
sold in quarts, in glass, for 30 cents for choice
brands; crystal drip syrups are 20 cents to 81 per
gallon. California honey, comb, is - cents per
pound.
Butter is plenty ct IS to Is cents per pound;
eggs, 80 cents.
In canned goods there is little variation. Cali
fornia goods, apfieots, peaches, pears, plums,
blackberries ana black cherries are - per can;
white cherries raspberries and strawberries, Soc;
tomatoes and string beans are iSc. or two cans
for 25c corn, l5ts20c; peas, 20c; canned salmon
sells at zoe per lib can, and SIC per Glib can;
cove oysters, Blue Points, 35e, standard, 25c;
shrimps, 35c; sardines, imported. iaG25c, do
nestle. 1GlDf2isc
Flour is sl25 per sack for 80 lbs; California, s.
per Dbl; spokane and Oregon, sl.75; oatmeal is
&c per h. rice and pearl barley, lOc, or lbs for
25c: navy beans, sc.
Irish potatoes are i34c per lb; sweet potatoes,
s,Sc; cabbage, beets and carrots, &c; onions. &c.
Fruit is not plenty. Few grapes are seen. and
those not in the best condition; oranges range
from zoe per dozen for small TO SOC for the finest:
lemons are 5oc; apples. from 81 to $3.50 per box.
Eastere bacon, plain, l3Gl5c per pound: home
cured, Ice; hams, Eastern iJc; home cured, Ice;
sliced, zoe
In the meat, poultry and fish markets there is
an excellent showing OF choice stock. Beef
steaks sell at from loc to 20c, pork ut from l2l9c
to 15c, mutton from SC 10 l5c, veal l0c to Doc;
sausage f2i5c. Dressed chickens, Csc To ST.
ducks, 75c to 81; turkeys, 2sa27c per pound
geese, 81 each. Fresh cod, herring, perch and
founders sell at Sc per pound; salmon and rock
cod, loc per pound, or three p2uEas Tor re;
are 6Jc per can; Puget sound oysters, Joe per
quart.
IMPoRTAgr SHIPMENTS.
Notable among the shipments of the day were
the following: One car coal to Tcnino, car
merchandise to Tacoma. ear stock and l ear
merchandise TO snohomish ear hay 10 Yesler,
j car merchandise to Falls CITY. ear merchan-
disc to Latonai, car merchandise to Ballard.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the day shipments of goods and mer-
chandise from Seattle were NJ follows: Northern
Pacific railway. 80 tons; Seattle, Lake Shore &
Eastern railway, s. tons; Columbia 4 Puget
tons; Edith, 10 tons; j. X. Mcdonald 80 tons:
Lily, As tons; W. X. Merwin, Is tons; City of
Quincy, 20 tons: state OF Washington, - tons
Angeles, tons; Fleetwood, tons; City of
Kingston, 6 tons; Eliza Anderson, tons. Total
shipments, 4l6 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
Receipts OF produce and merchandise at the
port of Seattle during the past twenty four hours
were as follows: Northern Pacific railway, $40
tons; Seattle, Lake shore d Eastern railway, 500
TONS Columbia a. Puget Sound railway, so tons.
BY water. Il. Mcdonald. 100 tons: State Of
Washington, 50 tons; Premier, 10 tons; Fleet
wood, tons; City of Kingston, tons; City of
Quincy, = tons; W. N. Merwin, tons; Eliza
Anderson, 6 tons; Lily, tons. Total receipts,
81 tons.
NATURE OF RECEIPTS.
Fifteen hundred barrels lime, cars wheat,
car oats, 3 cars barley, err feed, car hams,
oil, car lard, ! car pipe car powder, cars
machinery, / car pig iron, cars stone, 2 cars
-four, . ears furniture, cars nails, car wagons,
car doors and frames, car stoves, cars cattle,
car horses, car hay.