The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-23


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SEATTLE, May p, 1891.
Exchanges at Seattle clearing house today
amounted to Sl6l, S3O.Ss. The balances were $685.
1894.
The condition of the general produce market
I has changed but very little the past month.
With the exception of wheat, produce moves
quite freely, and prices fuctuate but very little.
Strawberries are very scarce now, aud those
coming in are in poor condition. This is said
to be due to the fact that the dry warm weather
in California ripened them too fast, and they
get all mashed in shipping. Native stock il ex-
pected to be in the market during the coming
week.
RETAIL TRADE.
The retail trade in almost every line of bust
ness in the city is reported good. PosT-ISTELIa-
eEscER reporter yesterday interviewed mer-
chants In the retail dry goods, clothing, boots
and shoes, groceries and various other lines of
business, and each one stated that the volume of
business done by his firm was quite equal to
what it was this time last year. They thought,
however, that the whole the aggregate
amount of business done in the city might be
trife less than 1t was last year.
The only features worthy of note in the retail
grocery trade for the week were a slight decline
in navel oranges and the receipt OF some blood
oranges. -
RETAIL QUOTATIONS..
FroUR AND MEAL~-Minnesota. s62g, Cali
fornia, s5.7S; Oregon, sSgo.25; Ways5n, i
mon brands, 81 5oQ95.25 per Dbl. eornmeal, &c;
oatmeal Sc Rice &c per lb. =,
sGGARS ibs eus oai and paIverized
BUTTER-Fancy Ea,ern creamery, a5c, and
dairy, 6sG75c per ron California fresh roll. 40
EGGs-Fresb ranch, SOC; Oregon, Csc, and
Eastern, 22lfs per doz;
CHEEsF-Eastern, DOC; California, 15c; Swiss
importel, 35c, and domestic, SOC per lb.
FRT7T-washington navel oranges, 0tG60c;
bsods, 4oc; Riverside seedlings 30 and 2Oc per
don Sicily lemons 35c, and CALIFORNIA;, 25c per
dos Strawberries, l5c per box, and cherries,
WsETABLEs- Native potatoes, Fac, and
aud beets, he. cabbage, PFC, and onions, &c per
H.. Celery, 81, and caulifiower, $f.00 per doz
small white beans - Boyas and pinks. Sc:
Inns, &C per ID. New green peas sc, and beans,
l5ci asparagus, Toe; rhubarb, sI9GlOc; new
CANNED Goobs-Peaches, pears and april
25c; all other table fruits, zoe; peas DOC, and
corn and string beans, 15c; tomatoes. 10c.
CURED MEATS AND LARD-,Native cured
sailed meats, loc; dried beef. Clipped, 25c, and
HONEY AND syRUPs-california comb
honey, &c, and strained SC per N; pure maple
per gal
P1cKLEs-Cross, plain, mixed and chow
CHOW, 40c per pint, or 65c per quart domesties
in glass, 26(940c, and pure cider vinegar, SOC
per gal.
FRESH MEATs-Beef, for boiling, 7aIoc, and
steaks 12l a(G20c; veal. l2lsGD30c; mutton, 12is0
l5c; spring lamb, s1tgi50 per quarter; pork, III
@l5c; sausage 12la0l5c: poultry, Eastern
frozen, zoe, aud native, freshly dressed, 25c.
FISH AND OYSTERS - Halibut in slices,
125sc; Columbia river salmon, 12lzc; smefts,
herring, founders, rock cod and tom cod, SIC;
a Eastern shad 25c per ID; Holsters soc; crabs so
voc each; Eastern oysters csc per can: Sound
oysters soc per quart.
GENERAL SHIPMENTS.
During the past twenty four hours goods and
merchandise have been shipped from Seattle in
the following amounts: By rail-Northern Pa
cifc, 205 tons; Columbia & Puget Sound, %
tons; Seattle, Lake Shore 4 Eastern, 1877 tons
BY water-J r, Mcdonald, 20 tons; City of Seat
tie, % tons: Edith, II tons: Garland, 30 tons; w.
X Merwin, % tons; Washington, IL tons; Delta,
10 tons; Angeles, Is tons; Yakima, 20 tons;
Wasco. 10 tons; Multnomah, % tons; Bailey
Gatzert, 5 tons: Grace, tons; Glide, tons; A.
r. Robinson, tons; Buckeye, tons. Total
shipments. 6S4 tons.
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RECEIPTS.
Produce and merchandise have been received
~ the port of Seattle during the past twenty
four hours follows: BY rail-Northern Pa
cihc, 600 tons; Columbia & Puget Sound, % tons;
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern, 253 tons. By wa
teri. r. Mcdonald 81 tons; Yakima, 50 TONS
Bailey Gatzert. Is tons; Washington, . tons;
Premier, 20 tons; W. K. Merwin, s tons; City of
Seattle, tons: Edith, 6 tons Total receipts,
1904 tons.