Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-03
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nsoiidated California and Virginia.
pRODUCE.
Register ORce.

WHEELING. March >.
Butter--Creamery at 2Cg2S &C. ,o cou ndHS
choice, l4dl6c; country. good, SqlOc' couh'
Try. light. 5d6c; butterlne, lOGlH
gCS-13Ql4c per dozen: storage, Ia l5c.
Navy Beans-Hand picked, coal 10 per
'I Cheese-Prime Ohio factory. uGnlac;
New York. llal2c; Limberger, Sqgc;
Sweitzer. Sd9c; market nominal; de-
mand good. supply limited.
POultry-Old live chickens, 50 Ud3 90 per
dozen; chickens, hens, per pound, 612atc;
spring chickens 81 5OQ3 % per dozen; per
Ducks|$2 5Oq3 90 per dozen. Geese. 4O9
50c each. Turkeys. Sq9c per pound, I'VE
LsrdICountry prime. SC; very plenti-
Onions-sl 15a1 % per bushel; per barrel,
Potatoes-4Oc per busheL
Sweet Potatoes Baltimore. 81 25dl so per
barrel: Jerseys. 81 75Q2 W per barrel.
Apples 81 25q1 30 per barrel.
Bests-5Oc per buShel.
Green OuiOns-lhc per dozen.
New LettuCe-N 90 per bushel.
New kale-75cQSl co per barrel.
RadiShes-l5c per dozen, 49, a..
Oranges-Jamaica, per barrel, Sc 00q1 90;
per box 50 75a4 %; Messina. 50 O0d3 so;
California, 81 5OG3 %; case. 50 50q4 W.
Lemons-Messina, 90 seas 90 per box.
Lananas-Sl 00Q2 70 per bunch. as TO size
and quality.
Pineappies-1Od12c apiece.
Home Cabbage-S1 75d2 90 pen barrel.
Celery-2OQ25c per bunch.
Waiuuts-4Oc per bushel.
Hickory Nuts-S 90 per bushel.
old Rags-Lc per pound. .o
Cocoanuts-50c per dozen: per bag,A %.
Cranberries-N 50d1 70 per bushel crate.
Malaga Grapes-$5 soar 90 per barrel.
Spinach. 25G50c per bushel
Spanish Onions-S1 % per crate.
CHICAGO. March 1.-The local wheat
market market had its tail thoroughly
twisted by ST. Louis to-day; The sharp
bulge and equally sharp break there were
closely followed here, the May option clos
ing AT 1gc advance after selling cent
above that figure. the session being the
pits were very dull. corn and oats clos
ing az substantially unchanged hgures
and provisions at 5Qllec decline.
I'm wheat, Russian crop damage was a
new string the bulls had to play on when
business in the pit commenced. They
twanged upon IL 20 so much advantage
that IN an hour the price Of May wheat
had advanced 1i2c per busheL Whether
inspired by the example OF Chicago, or
because the Russian damage was the
stimulus at Liverpool, wheat there which
opened with the modest gain of from IA
TO I'D. was 1&.d higher for the day when
next heard from. The market made its
influence decidedly felt all day. May
wheat. which closed Yesterday at ,ioAG
152sc opened to-day at I5%sdI5l3c and sold
al 76Ac before an hour had gone by.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Wheat. No spring. 742.c; No. spring,
7l074a4c: No. red, S3A0S5&c
Corn, No. 2, 23c; No. yellow, pc.
oats. No. ?. l6al6lsc; No. ? white, 20}2c;
No white, lSc.
Rye No. p 33Lc
Barley. No. >, nominal; No. 3, 23l2G3Oc;
No. (. 22l2H25C.
Flaxseed No. 1. 76laG79c.
Prime timothy seed 81 30.
Mess pork. per barrel. s. 95qS 90.
Lard. per 100 lbs. 50 95a3 97l9.
Short ribs. sides Qoose). 81 10dG4 30.
Dry salted shoulders (boXed). 4l2d4Ac.
short clear sides (boXed), 43s94ac.
Whisky. distillers finished goods per
gallon. 81 L.
sugars, cut loaf, size; granulated, 4 15c.
Receipts-FlOur 10000 barrels; wheat.
HOO bushels; corn, 274OO0 bushels; oats.
2S>.000 bushels; rye 1900 bushels; barley,
IS. 900 bushels.
Shipments Flour. 5000 barrels; wheat,
1l900j bushels; corn, 10000 bushels; oats,
$4,000 bushels; rye. none; barley 5000
bushels
ON the Produce Exchange to-day the
butter market was firm; creameries, 100
1Nc diaries 90l6c.
Cheese firm at 9l2dl04c.
Eggs, weak; fresh l2c