The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-31

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Exchanges at the seattle clearing house to-day
amounted to sIG5.2e5-sa- The Da.anees were
s7i,325e0
General shipments Yesterday we're larger than
they have been Ter spnle time. Considerable
hay WIS received and the prize continues 10 de-
ellRe. Quotations all the way from sl5 20
SO for choice timothy though il is claimed
that sales at the former figure are Of inferior
quality. consignment OF s2S boxes OF nice
apples was received yesterday, but did not meet
with very ready sale. us the fruit market hes
been dull the past few days
Vegetables are plenti;uiexcept cabbage, which
Is said 10 be s.arce now, aud the demand ier all
kinds OF vegetables is good Potatoes have
not declined materially. hut those who hold
large stocks appesr to be sDxIous 10 dispose OF
them. 1t was said that some nstiYes were sold
yesterday the street as low as 81, but dealers
still hold at s16tgZ7 strong.
RETAIL. MARKET REVIEW.
The retail market for groceries, provisions.
vegetables aud meats is reported as having heen
very good this week but prices have iuctJesed
very little. Dairy butter has advanced * and
Eastern eggs declined. Sc: apples have declined
zoe per box, and pears are about out OF the mar
ket
Sugar Is quoted at Il pounds of extra c, Il
pounds graduated. Il pounds Of loaf or pounds
OF pulverized for 81 Prices of syrurs are Ua-
changed and range from soc for common TO $50
Tor pure maple per gallon.
Fancy creamery butter is 4oc; choice cream
cry, size; dairy, SIC. Eastern cheese, full
cream, sc; California, Gee. Fresh ranch eggs,
40c; Eastern SOC. California comb honey, &c;
strained, 45e.
Home cured hens sell readily ct ljdl6c, while
Eastern bring 13f l4c; bacon is i5c; dry sailed
meats, Zoe, dried beef Clipped. e0c; lard, 12l3e.
Choice apples bring $40 per box, but the de-
mand is not strong. Washington navel oranges
QuH A. Ri nj az. No lag
at 25G50c.
Native grown potatoes are 1910 pound. Ore
gon, l1Sc: California. lItc. cab5ages, turiiips
and carrots are &c pound: bects Sc; onions. &c.
Celery is 75c adoz. caulhower, l5c, and radishes
zoe doz.
Stockton brand; $40 per Dbl for Oregon, and
si.5ot9i.75 for Washington. Cornmeal. sisc; oat-
meal, sc; rice Zoe, and beans, sc per pound.
Cross pickles, plain, mixed and chow chow,
are SOC pint, 15c quart: domestic pickles, in
glass, 20 and Zoe; vinegar, pure cider, 40c per
gal.
Fresh meat is plentiful Most of the beef is
shipped from Eastern Washington, and but very
little is being brought in IRON the Eastern
states. Prices remain unchanged. Quotations
run from &C for boiling pieces to I2ltGa0c for the
best steaks. veal, i2izGt90e: mutton. I2i al3i5c;
pork, III zGi5c: sausage, I.iatGl5e. Native poul-
try is scarce and in good demand, but for frozen
STOCK shipped IN from the Last the demand 10
not SO good, but the prices continue at 20d25c.
Fish is plentiful, but the demand is weaken
ing: fresh salmon in slices ~ &c; smelts, her
ring, founders. rockeod and toncod. s5c.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS
During the past twenty -lour hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: b. raii-Norfhern Pa
ciic railway. Is tons: Columbia & Puget
Sound railway, - tons: Seattle. Lake shore &
Eastern railway, IS tons BY water--Blue Jacket,
1850 tons j. r. Mcdonald 20 tons state of
Washington. D tons: Angeles % tons: Munroe,
20 tons American Ranger, - tons Delta. Is
tons; city OF Quincy, Il tons Edith, IL tons:
Mabel, 10 tons; city OF Seattle. tons: Fleet
wood, = tons: Buckeye, : tons; Wasco. 20
tons: Eliza Anderson. tons. Total ship
ments, ,, $50 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
Receipts OF produce aud merchandise at the
port of seattle during the past twenty four
hours were as follows: BY Taii-Nsrthern Pa
cific railway, s75 tons, Columbia Puget
Sound railway, 70 tons Seattle. Lake Shore q
Eastern railway, 27S tons. BY tcr-Premier,
60 tons; J. L. Mcdonald. % tons: state of Wash
ington. 20 tons; Henry Bailey, 90 tons: Wasco, Is
tons: Mabel, 10 tons. Eliza Anderson, tons.
Total recelpts, I, l4S tons.