The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
AQ|keI Reports.
LOCAL MARKET.

LOCAL MARKET.
Cotton and wool were decidedly quiet
yesterday, and only small business was
DONE The boys who are dazzling in fu-
lures are having much trouble placing
their tips as the Hon. John III. Inman of
New York appears to have the market
grabbed and is doing with it as he pleases.
Capt. Jet yesterday bought twenty five
bales of cotton, paying cents for it.
Both cotton and wool quotations re-
main unchanged.
There was a furry in the strawberry
market yesterday, the express companies
bringing in over $50 crates and away
went prices, the tumble being 81 per
crate, and the market closed with prices
weak at quotations.
There was considerable advance in
lemons yesterday, and they will 90 high
or, as hereafter buyers will have to go to
New York after them, the shipping sea-
son to southern parts having ceased The
advance yesterday was 20 cents per box,
and prices are firm at quotations.
Oranges are in good supply and inferior
grades have declined some.
Bananas are in good supply, but prices
have an upward tendency, and they are
firm at quotations.
Pineapples have appeared and find
ready sale at So per dozen.
The bottom has fallen out of the egg
and butter market and both articles are
drug.
The vegetable and produce market re-
mains unchanged.
Cotton-Steady; good middling, 6 5-S
@7c; strict middling, 717 1-Sc.
Wool-Twelve months, medium, 7 1-2
0Sc; six months clip, GAG LIE.
Hay-Stocks, large; wholesale, bottom
hay, baled, 35@40c per 100 pounds;
prairie, per ton, $500; sugar cane, $500
$500 per ton.
Corn-From wagons, 2Oc per bushel,
in ear; shelled, 25@30c.
From store, retail, 25c, in ear, 3O@
Oatsm1S@20c per bushel; from store,
retail, 25030c.
-Bran-70@75c per 100 pounds; retail,
Cotton seed meal, retail, Soc per 100
pounds.
Hides-Market quiet; dry flint, 5 1-2@
&c; green, 1-2d3c; green sailed, La
Beeswax, zoe per pound.
b Sheep skins, 1OMi5c each.
Goat skins, 10020c.
Angora goat skins, 75c@$100 each.
Deer skins, zoe per pound.
t'urs-Fox skins, 10c.
O'possum, &c each.
Catamount, 10c each.
Coon, Zoe each.
Skunk, 1Od2Oc each.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Lemons-Per box, $3.00M325.
Oranges-Per box, 81. 7563.75.
Bananas-Per bunch. 81. 75M2OO
Apples-None in market
Pineapples-Per dozen. $500.
Strawberries-Per crate. S1.5O02OO.
Dewberries--Per crate, $2.00M225.
Vegetables, Wholesale:
Cabbage, 2 1-203c per pound.
Onions, l 1-2c per pound.
Irish potatoes-Old, per bushel, 550
66oc; Irish potatoes, new, $1.25@1.5O per
Sweet potatoes, SOC per bushel.
Vegetables retail:
New Irish potatoes, 10c per quart
Green peas, &c per quart.
Beets. DC per bunch of 4 or 5.
Radishes, DC per bunch.
Snap beans, 10c per quart; $1.OO per
box.
Lettuce, 1c per he'd.
Spinach, 10c per peck.
Cabbage, 5010c per head.
Asparagus, 1Oc per bunch.
Eggs--Wholesale from dealers, per
dozen. 5Cd51Ac.
Butter-Wholesale from dealers. Ga
i12c per pound.
Jersey butter-Country, retail, zoe:
creamery, retail, SOC per pound.
Spring chickens-Per dozen $2.756
Turkeys, 5O@9Oc each.
LOCAL JOBBERS' PRICES.
:. Bacon--ShOrt clear, 6 3-4c: smoked bel |
lies, Z lie; fancy breakfast bacon 1Oc |
Sugar-Standard, fine graduated. |
3-4c; cut loaf, &c; fancy yellow clari, |
ned, 1-4c; powdered, GAG 1-Sc.
COMPOUND 1le lard, 8 1-4@5 3-4c pure,
90 Flour. per 100 pounds-Highest patent,
SS'9o; full patents, $2.15; extra patent,
$500 low grade, $1.S5.
,Coffee-,New crop; Peaberry. 81 1-2c;
choice Cordova. 20G21c: choice Rio,
II 1-2@2Oc; fair Rio, IS 1-4M19 1-4c:
Arlosa, lOO-pound cases, 10 lie.
Roasted coffees-50-lb bags, 23c.
THE BEEF MARKET.
Beeves-Fine cOrnfed, Sc per pound
Cows-1n good condition, . 1-2@3c per
pound, gross.
Calves-,In good condition, 2 1-462 Lee
per pound
Hogs-2 1-2@3c per pound, gross
Local trade was only fairly active YES
terday and no change is noted in quota
tons. ''"
Cotton quotations are without change.
and those of wool are merely nominal.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
~, CHICAGO.
Chicago, April Discontinued favora-
pie weather in the spring wheat region
mad much to, do with depressing prices
today, July closing at decline of lie.