New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-30
PRICES AND NOTES IN THE MARhEI"'
PROVISIONS DEARER AND FISH cfIEAPER-A
NORTH RIVER sHAD

PROVISIONS DEARER AND FISH CfihAFEH
NORTH RIVER sHAD
Some things are cheaper and some are dearer III
the provision markets this week O"lhe " wv
rise in the wholesale price OF beef' the pu''"' e.,
have in many cases added something to the retal
cost 10 the consumer Butchers VINO nave '',
contracts to fill OF course, have not been ao'e
TO shift the burden 10 the consumer ana 'nese
men say they out OF pocket by the rise nu'
every one outside OF the holders Of time contracts
has felt the increased cost or living fSpec'ai-'
is this true OF mutton and lamb Spring Iaho ny
the carcass sells for s2 headquarters cost - % anu
foreouarters s275 Half a carcass OF lamp sells
for u cents a pound, which is two-cent rise
t1,douarters Of lamb sell for II cents pound
and fore1,larter for 10 cents rack lamb-chops are
% cents a pound; saddle lamb. = cents ies' II
cents shoulder and breast 10 cents. and loh chops
2S cents.
Hindouarters OF mutton cost ls cents a pound;
roreauarters u cents; rack-quarter ID cents r'hs
lish saddle % cents; leg Of mutton 10 cents rack
chops % cents: English chops % cents; shoulder
o Cents and mutton kidneys. cents. Prime I'D
roast costs % cents pound: porterhouse roast
27 cents porterhouse steak. q cents sirolh s'eah'
% cents. round-b bone IS cents; fiat bone % cents
fresh rump beef IS cents; help roast. 10 cents; leg
Of beos cents nle OF beef. 80 cents plate corhed
10 cents. rump corned. IS cents oxtals. 10 cents:
beef liver 10 cents and beef kidneys 10 cents'each'
Veal chops sell for q cents pound; loin veal :"
cents: leg veal % cents; breast veal. il cents
eboulder veal "a cents; veal cut.et d cents; hlet
veal . cents; Calls head. 60 cents; cafs MYERS
- cents each. calfS feet W cents 'ac" anu '"
breads 81 % a pair
In the fish market there has been DECIDED stump
IN prices Chesapeake Bay roe shad are selling LOT
Il cents each and the bucks for IS cents; CHINOOK
salmon from the Pacific Ocean are . cents pouhl'
bluefsh Is cents pound. Goldfish 10 cents, piacNish
1917 cents chicken halbut IS cents. Southern King
fish 30 cents red snapper from the Gulf III: ana 10
cents pompano 20 cents. live Holsters IL cents anu
dressed cells IS cents Haddock sells for cents ana
herring for cents striped bass are ~ 20 % cents
Southern sheepshead Il cents southern spanish
markere, 20 cents weakhsh 10 cents white perch
IS cents frozen salmon trout II cents sole 10 cents
and sea bass Is cents Shad rOes sell for 81 cents
pair green turtle - cents pound, oyster crdos 10
cents an ounce cod tongues y cents ana crap hea'
~ pound. =. a, yu..l.a h,
\ North River shal. caught 81 the Paisades ny
William Sherwood. fisherman, was DrOugnt 10
Fulton Market yesterday and bought by MindIrton'
Caruan e CO.. who exhibited l. 20 curious pass
-. AZ !, st,re harbnger OF spring. Eventually the
,he table Of Colonel William l.. Brown, Editor OF
The Daily News" The heavy c" In the HuuSpn
viii keep back the North River shad season this
year 10 ? later date than UsuaI.
The trout season opens on Monday anu ruseue
q Rlackford will have his annual trout exhioltlon
IN FuIton Market The season opens TWO wees
earlier than last year - 1870 ,oo,,
florida strawberries are coming IN more ireeY
and rho price has dropped TO 90 cents a quart box