Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-08
PRODUCE.
Register Office.

WHEELING. December :.
= Butter--Creamery. 22a25c; country,
choice. l6Q2oc: country, good: 5@6c; coun-
try, light, 5Q6c butterine, 12Q14c.
Eggs-2l0l5c per oozen
bushel.
10l5112c
Foultry;.old i've, chickens, 50 oOa2 so per
dozen; chickens j hens 3rs,o per pound, ea7c;
pound SC.
Ducks-s2 25a2 80 per dozen; geese, 400
09c each; turkeys, 1yc per ID.
Lard-Country prime, sc: very plentiful.
Apples-$3 0JGl4 60 per barrel.
Reets-50c per bushe'.
Oranges-Jamaica, per barrel, 50 90; per
box. ~ so; Mesira, % GOA W; California
Lemons Iessins. So SOFA 90 per box.
Bananas-S1 00q1 70 per bunch. as to size
and quality.
Home Cabbage-s1 90 per barrel
teleTy-25tI;Uc per bunch.
Walnuts-40c per bushel
Old Rags-1ac per pound.
CocoanHts-S1 q per dozen.
Beans-H coal % per bushel.
Oyster Plant--S0c per dozen.
Potatoes-$2 60 per barrel; 65175c per
bushel.
Sweet Potatoes-s2 10 per barrel: Jersey
sweet potatoes So . ger barrel
Honey; IL comb. l4a15c per pound;
Grapes-1n b1skets-1Z1kc.
Maneoes-75c per bushel.
Rutabagas-$1 90 per barrel
Quinces--s1 coal % per bushel
Cranberries-$2 0Gf;2 - per crate
Malaga Grapes-$5 ooG5 so per barrel.
Chicago, December 7.-Outside of a
sensational squire in December wheat,
which took place shortly after the OPEN
ing, grain and provisions were dull and
undressing to-day A jump of 3
cents in December, on an attempt to
buy about 1900 bushels, strengthen
ca the belief that that opinion is very
securely "cornered." II closed pa C
higher, May was firm all day and clos
ed 5s0%c higher. Corn and cats clos
ed fairly steady and at substantially
yesterdays prices, and provisions clos
ed shade lower all around.
Wheat started off in a whirl of ex-
element. Opening sales of both Deem
Der and May were at practically last
nights closing figures-96c for the one,
SO for the other. 1t soon developed that
there was some December wanted, I'M
doubtedly to fill shorts, with none offer
ing. On this account the price advarc-
ed at once. December got to 99c, May
TO 9014c in the first fifteen minutes OF
the session. The alleged bull clique
stopped the advance by selling only a
small lot less than $4,000, the big pre-
MUM over May, about 90c per bushel,
being against its policy, because. if al
lowed to stand, it would turn wheat
marketings all this way. So the price
fell hack to 971sc for the one. S934c
for the other. Before the regular ses-
sion commenced the feeling was nomin-
ally weak because of decline of q d
2 I uernCnl II N2E Do
Northwestern receipts were also con-
siderably larger than last year, but
nearly 800 cars less than Tuesday of last
week, the arrivals to-ay being 704 cars
against 1872 last year and 1,040 last
Tuesday. The trade had in mind TWO
stirring facts, however, one that the al
legged big bull clique had been a big
buyer of calls Monday afternoon, and
the morning papers told of freight room
being engaged at Boston for 400 600
of wheat for January and February
shipment. This was construed to mean
that when the line of December wheat
was delivered to the bull clique here il
would ship it abroad by all rail or the
seaboard if the water route was closed.
1t was semi-officially given out that
short line for December in the market
was over IL 5000 bushels, with less
than 100000 bushels OF contract in
store here to-day. May was well sup
ported at a3Ac. the enormous export
clearings, 73S,0oU bushels of wheat, 60
800 barrels of -four. an equivalent Of
/ 1852 900 bushels of wheat. tending to
create nervousness on the part OF the
shorts. and a report that France would
yet require 50,000,0o0 bushels of out
side wheat was not calculated to allay
the feeling. Primary receipts at west