Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-31
PRODUCE.
Wholesale Market Quotations.
REGISTER OFFICE,

WHEELING. December 81. iS'O
The market continues good. Green stun
is now in in liberal quantities and choice
stock moves of without trouble. Apples
are in splendid demand Potatoes are scarce,
good demand. quality medium, home-raised,
poor. Eggs are in good demand and scarce
and the supply OF butter is generous.
Poultry is in strong demand. Prices are
as follows:
We quote the following prices:
Butter. country choice l4al6c; country
good Sal0c; country fair 4a5c
Eggs, at 26a21c per dozen. Demand,
strong and scarce.
New Beans, for hand picked navy the de-
mand is good but the supply is scarce:
prices are g - to 81 40 per bushel.
Cheese, prime mild Ohio factory Toe;
New York l0l{c; Limberger l3al4c;
Sweitzer l2lzal3c; market nominal. de-
mand fair, supply heavy.
Potatoes. 81 20 per bushel; Baltimore
sweet 81 4Oa2 80; Jersey sweet - 5Oa2 80;
demand good, supply fair.
Poultry. old live chickens, 3 0Oa3 10 per
dozen. Chickens, hens per pound oa9c; old
cocks &c; spring chickens, per pound, ea
&c: per dozen 81 50a300; ducks, young - 40
3 % Der dozen; scarce.
Lard. country prime in fair demand at
Ease; very scarce.
Onions. demand fair, supply good at 81 80
per barrel; supply fair.
Cabbage, new, 81 10 per barrel; demand
light, supply heavy.
Apples, 81 75a4 30 per barrel; supply
scarce. demand good.
NEW YORK, December 30.-Flour, re-
ceipts 10000 packages: exports -: mar
ket steadier: sales u 900 barrels Wheat,
receipts, 5000 bushels; exports, 5000
bushels; sales, 100000 bushels futures !;
q, 900 bushels spot; spot market firm and
quiet; No. 3 red 81 O0i4c; ungraded red
SlO0al 0jl4 options strong and higher: No
red December 81 04l;a 04I5, closing at
81 04$f; January 81 DIAL 0lIl. closing at
81 04lI February 81 05 March 81 05lEa
Oh. closing at 81 053z; May 81 045Sal 054
closing at 81 05ls July g93i caSl 0Oi4, clos
ing at $3.50. Rye, quiet; western s'c.
Corn, receipts, $1,000 bushels; sales, 30
600 bushels futures, and & 900 bushels spot ,
market firm and quiet; ungraded mixed
57a60lSc: January 5S35c; March 59l4c;
May Sole Oats, receipts $1,000 bushels;
exports. none; sales 2l5, 900 bushels futures,
and 10000 bushels spot: market fairly
active; January 49isc; February 1870;
May 495ia5055c. closing at 503Sc; spot
No. . white 49l5c: mixed western 4ia5lc;
white do. 49a5Gc; No. Chicago 50a50i5 Sc
Hay and hops quiet. Coffee, steady and
5a25 points down; December lI.Q0al7.25;
January H.. l5al6 IS; February 5.SOal5.gOc;
March II. 45al5 60c; May l505al5 15c; July
l46a; September l4.05al4.l 5c; spot Rio
l94c Sugar, dull; refined steady; G
l5-l6aa5c. Rice steady and quiet PetrO-
leum, steady; United 1015c. Cotton Seed
Oil, stronger. Tallow, quiet and steady
Hides dull and steady. Turpentine, quiet
western 2ga30c. Wool, weak and dull;
domestic fleeces 3ia39c; pulled, 21a4c;
Texas lSa25c Pork. firm; old mess SO 10
all 90: new do. Sll Scale -. Cut Meats,
dull and weak. Lard, strong and more
active; western steam 81 20; January 81 81 !;
February 81 80; March 81 A.; April . IS;
MAY 81 s.. Butter, easy; western dairy
l1a90c; creamery l9a2Sl3c. Cheese, quiet
4iIa69lc.
CHICAGO. December 30.-There was de-
crease of 2000,0J0 bushels of wheat on
ocean passage, and as this came to hand pre-
vious to the opening Of the market, it Gre
ated very strong feeling and al ADVANCE:
There was fair amount OF activity and
there appeared 10 be an excellent demand
for some time. There was little change in
prices during the first hour. The price was
kept close around g19Sc during the latter
part oil the StSSlOu sluu N4OScd WIN otlAti
at that price Corn was moderately traded
in and shows an advance over yesterdays
figures Oats dull. irregular and closing a
shade higher. Provisions were easy near
the start, but changed towards the close
became active. closing at outside figures
for the day. Flour, unchanged. Wheat,
cash No spring S9l4 asg}.c; No. aspiring
sOas5c; No. 2 red 9liSa921le; December
9OaL aq0stc January S9ss asg94c, closing at
s9s{c; May 99i- a9Slc, closing at 8tlSc.
Corn, cash No. igc; December 49, a4d1Se.
closing at 4ec; January 4ss.a4slc, closing
at 49J4c: May 81 a52l:c, closing at 50 &c.
Oats, cash no J, 4ll.a4l}Ici December
4Os.aHlSe, closing at Az January 4Os.a
Axe, closing at 4l4c; May 4i'sa45l4c,
closing at 4fEc Rye, No. 65c. Flax
seed, ut 81 li%. Timothy at & ~. Mess
Pork. cash S 90; December s. eOas W,
closing at IS 90: January $40 05al0 10,
closing at $40 40; May 81 0Oall 271s, clos
ing at sll Az. Lard, cash s. So; January
s So; February ~ vi; May so4f5S. EAlk
Meats. short ribs. 81 ?5ai So; January
$ 07IIa5 l2l5, closing at s. l213; February
IS 22i 5a5 80. closing at s. 80; May s. 65a
) 80. closing at s. -. Cut Meats, shoulders
81 25a4 s.: short clear So 25a5 80. Whisky,
at 81 IA. Others unchanged. Receipts
Flour, 26, 900 barrels; wheat, "a 900 bush
els; corn, lls.00O bushels; oats, l69,0
bushels: rye. 4. coo bushels; barley, pc,O9O
bushels. Shipmelts-EloLr, 1900 bar
rels: wheat, $1,000 bushels; corn, $4,000
bushels; oats, iT9.000 bushela; rye, 1900
bashsls; barley. 4s,Goo bushels.
PHILADELPHIA. December 80. Flour;
quiet. Wheat, firm and higher No. : red