The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-08
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sEArTLE, Aug. :, 1891.
Exchanges at Seattle oiearing-house today
amounted to sl25,so46t The balances were
s2S.2Slq4
Receipts and shipments OF produce and
merchandise were little heavier yesterday than
they have been for senegal days past. The grain
and feed marAet is rather inactive beyond the
retail business. but an Improvement may be ex-
pected during the coming week. Tho fruit
market was well stocked with pears, peaches
anu grapes. but apples are scarce and cherries
entirely out of the market. The first lot OF rose
Peru and Muscat grapes OF the season were re-
ceived. Quotations on the former were 81 and
the latter sl.75 per box. Some choice melons are
offered at 81 per dozen. Black berries are Hrm at
s2.25. Peaches are quoted at sl(9l25; pears,
N-75, and apples, slt9l.50 per box.
RETAIL TRADE,
Retail trade in fruits and vegetables continues
very good, bur meat and fish trade is rather
quiet Fancy butter and ranch eggs are in good
demand. The demand for poultry is not very
heavy yet little Eastern frozen stock has
made its appearance, bat does NOT sell very
rapidly. Cornmeal and common grades of -four
have advanced little. California freshToll
sttte~ e tribe cheaper and fresh .ranch eggs a
hscs higher, reaches ara cheaper. Carrots,
tnFnips, boa I'D Unions are up little. Lard
nAs q 1cos5 lnens.
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E-r-r- AiutISo&n4na1Ss4s<na~9sSf ComnfCh@~-
his since the disruption in the Irish .
mentary party have followed the Il
$50 ship OF Parnell, to secede from theA
re- nellite section and cast their fortunes
pr the McCarthyites, or the section thai
NgSAposes Parnell as leader of the T-'a
dairy, ooes75e per roll California fresh NJ 50
EGGs-Frssh ranch. IS s8se; Oregon. 2sc. ard
Eastern, 2Je per dozen.
CHEESE Eastern, 2oc; ca ornia lac; Swiss
imported, 35c. and domestic, 81 Ter ID.
FRUIT-sicily lemons, Soc, al Easiinrnias, NC
per dog. Rsspberries, 1NGi5c per box; black
berries. legl5c; peaches, Sc; arieoss, Zoe per
VEGETABLES : Carrots. tuIaips aud beers.
2e: cabbage, 2c, and onious So pei. n Ceiery,
81; cauli1ower, SIPS per dog. Small Wits
SSesns-Boyas ana PINK &c; hm pa &C per -
4Oc per doz; new potatoes, ll4@ltse per %;
sweet potatoes, Sc per 10; tomatoes, Toe per ~
CANNED G0oDs-Peaehes, pears ana apri-
cots, 2oc; cherries strawberries and rasr berries
25c; all other table fruits. zoe: peas, NC and
corn aud string beans, sc; tomatoes loc
CURED MEATS AND LARD-Natiye cured
hams, l5(Gl6c: Eastern, l.S0elIe: bacon, Ice, dry
sailed meats, l2tsc; dried beef. chippecs 29c ana
lard, 11gl5c per h.
HONEY AND sYRUPs = California comb
honey, 2lc, and strained, So per III; pure maple
syrup, $l2J@l.5e, ami common syruTs, 5ocSN
per gal.
PICKLES Cross. plain, mixed and chow
in glass, 20tGi0e; pure cider vinegar 25e per
gal.
FRESH MEATS-Beef for boiling, 7(1l0c, and
steaks, 10000; vca 1lla6921c; mutton, l21s(9
l5e; spring lamb siGl 81 per quarter; lamb
chops, DC; legs of iainb, PIC, ard shoulders, l5e
per 10. pork, II sGtl5c, sausa res. E2gl5c poul-
try. native. freshly dressed. 25c.
FISH AND 0NSTERS-llalhut, in slices,
1215e; Columbia river samou, III ac smelts, her
ring, founders. rock cod and tom cod, sac;
EASTERN shad, pc per ID; HOLSTERS, soc: crabs, %
zoe each; Sound oysters, SOC per quart.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the pas, twenty tour hours goods ana
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle
In tie following amounts: By rail-Northern
Pacific, SIS tous; Columbia IL Puget Sound,
65 tons; seattle, Lake shore & Eastern, 405
tons. BY wate--J 4. Mcdonald, 30 tons;
Puget Sound & Alaska Steamship Company's
boats, 50 tons; W. +. Munroe. ~ tons, Angeles.
i tons Buckeye, tons; C'lide. 5 tons: Dstroit,
4 tons; Delta, 6 tons; Multnomah, tons; Grace,
8 tons; Mountaineer. tons. Total shipments,
1867 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
Produce and merchandise have been received
at the port OF Seattle during the past twenty
four hours follows: BY rail--Northern Pacific,
479 tons; Columbia & Puget sound, Is tons:
Seattle, Lake Shore Il Eastern. 30 tons By
water-Walla Walla. 7O1 tons; Puget Sound &
Alaska Steamship compauy's boats, 10 tons.
Total receiDts. AL tons