The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-17


amounted TO Sl52,s7i.5S. The balances were
sS655i.6l.
RETAIL MARREr REVIEW.
Quotations on groceries, provisions, fruits
and vegetables have iuetuatcd very little dur
ing the week. Butter IS -, cents cheaper,
cheese little higher, fancy apples 81 cents
higher, and the choicest oranges 10 cents a dozen
lower.
OF sugar, IS lbs Of extra c, Il It's OF granu-
lated, II MS oil loaf, or lbs of pulyerized
are given for 81. syrups ere steady, and range
from 50c gallon TO si.5O for strictly pure maple.
Fancy creamery butter is SIC; choice cream
cry, 81 sc; dairy .0c Eastern cheese, full cream
BE; California, zoe. Fresh ranch eggs, 40c;
Eastern, Soc California comb honey, 2oc;
strained, i5c
There is no change in canned fruits and veg
etahlcs. The demand is increasing steadily. bnt
there are indications of decline in the high
prices that have ruled since the fruit season
opened.
Trade in provisions is excellent and prices
well sustained. Homccurcd hams are selling
at 15(pi6c per N, and Eastern at laGllc; bacon,
l5c; dry sailed meats, Ice; dried beef, Clipped,
zoe; lard, l0di3g.
Apples. fancy, are $50 per box. choice, sl.55.
Pears are scarce at i0c per n. Oranges range
from Toe per doz. for navcls to lie for Japan
csc. lemons are zoe per 6oz., bananas soc.
Native grown potatoes are 1Atc H. Ore
CONS, llsc, CALIFORNIA;, T. &C; cabbages, turnips
and carrots are &C ~. beets sc, onions 80.
Celery is soc n doz, caulihower 25c a III, rad
ishes soc doz.
Cross pickles, plain. mixed and chow chow
are soc pint, 75e quart domestic pickles, in
glass, 70 and DOE; vinegar, pure cider, 40c per
gal.
IMPORTANT SHIPMENTS.
Notable among the shipments OF the day were
the following: one ear merchandise TO Port
land, car lumberto Pendleton, car merchandise
TO Minnesota Transfer, car horses TO North Yak
ina. l merchandise to Ellensburg, car
sand and cars merchandise to Tacoma, l car
furniture to lesler.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the past twenty-four hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: Northern Pacific rail-
way "a tons; Seattle Lake shore 4 Eastern rail-
way, IS tons; Columbia x Puget Sound railway,
40 tons. BY water--J. Il. Mcdonald, 80 tons;
Wasco, 10 tons; State OF Washington, - tons;
city of Quincy. 10 tons; ". f. Monroe, u tons;
Edith, II tons; Eliza Anderson, tons; Michi-
gan, tons; Fleetwood, tons; Buckeye, > tons:
lola, tons; Glide, tons. Total shipments, ISL
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, 3iS tons Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
railway, 565 tons; Columbia d Puget Sound
railway, 10 tons. BY Henry Bailey, ~
tons; state of Washington, 20 tons: City of
Quincy, tons: W. +. Monroe, 4tons; Fleetwood,
tons. Total receipts, SIT TONS
NATURE OF RECEIPTS.
Nine cars general merchandise, - cars wheat,
ears hay. 5 ears bran, car shorts, | car feed,
cars -four, ear mllstuif. car hams, . ears fur
niture, car barrels, ear fresh meat, car eggs,
> cars rails, ear machinery, 5 cars pipe, cars
lumber, 10 cars coal