The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-24


Exchanges at the Seattle clearing house today
amounted to sl6l.057.70. The balances were
s56,699.6l.
The general feed, produce aud fruit market
remains unchanged. Considerable hay is ar
irving, utquotations remain steady. Some oats
are coming IN, but the receipts have been light
during the past few days.
RETAIL MARKET REVIEW.
Quotations on groceries provisions, fruits,
vegetables. meats, fish aud poultry in the retail
market have remained almost stationary during
the week, with the exception OF slight reduc-
lions IN Few commodities. Oranges, celery
and eaulifiower are IA little cheaper.
Trade is fair, and receipts are good in almost
everything but poultry and game, which are re-
ported scarce and in good demand.
Sugar is quoted mt IL pounds of extra c, II
pounds graduated, IL pounds of loaf or s pounds
OF pulverized for 81. Prices of syrups are I'M
changed aud rapge from soc for common to $50
Tor pure maple per gallon.
Fancy creamery butter is doc; choice cream
cry. Size; dairy, zoe. Eastern cheese, full
cream, &c; California, zoe. Fresh ranch eggs
40c; Eastern, 35c. California comb honey 25c
strained, l5c
Quotations on canned goods remain I'M
changed, but the indications are that prices will
soon drop a little.
The meat, fruit and provision trade is very
good. Home cured hams sell readily at l501l6c
saltcd meats l0c; dried beef, Clipped, zoe; lard
1Gai3c
The best apples bring s.. 30 per box, and are in
lair demand. Pears are Toe per H. Oranges
are from 25c TO soc per doz. Tor Navel and l5e
for Japanese Lemons are 40c, and bananas soc
per doz
Native grown potatoes are ls<c a N, Oregon,
Tae; CALIFORNIA;, 1l4c; cabbages, turnips and
carrots are &c 10; beets. Sc; onions, &c Celery
is75c doz.; caulfiower l5c, and radishes SOC a
doz.
Cross pickles, plain, mixed and chow chow,
are SOC a pint, 75c quart; domestic pickles, in
glass, % and doc; vinegar, pure cider, 40c per
gal
The market is well supplied with beef, most
OF the dealers having large stock on hand, but
prices remain firm with an upward tendency If
anything. Quotations run from &c for boiling
pieces to IL 2G20c for the best steaks veal,
I2l3(9o0c; mutton, 12ls9l5c; pork, 12ladl5c;
Sausage, 12iaal5c; poultry, 20G25c, with up
ward tendency, owing to its Scarcity and good
demand; fresh salmon in slices, l2lac; smells,
herring, founders rockeod and tomcod, Sac.
IMPORTANT SHIPMENTS.
Among the days shipments, the following
were the most notable: One car merchandise
to Chicago: car merchandise to Spokane Falls
car coal, eur merchandise, car scrap iron and
l car flour to Tacoma; l merchandise to
Latona; car sash to iesler; car merchandise
to Portland, and car merchandise to Puayalup.
During the past twenty-four hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: Northern Pacific rail-
way, 90 tons; Columbia & Puget Sound railway,
IS tons Seattle, Lake Shore a. Eastern railway
65 tons. BY water--City of Puebla, 200 tons
J. II. Mcdonald, 80 tons; Waseo, 20 tons; w. Il.
Munroe, Is tons; Delta, Is tons; Buckeye, 2tons
Total shipments, 523 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 rail.
way, 323 tons; Columbia d. Puget Sound rail
way, $50 tons Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
railway, 35S tons. BY water-Walla Wala. 4SS
tons: Haytien Republic. go tons; Margey u
tons; Mabel, tons. Total receipts, 1,57s tons.
NATURE OF RECEIPTS.
Nine cars merchandise, is wheat, cars
hay, cars potatoes. ears clay, cars logs. ears
lumber. IL cars coal, cattle, car lard, |
ear shorts, , ears meat, car hogs, ear water
pipe, car iron beams. car ice car emigrant
movables, car furniture, car oatmeal.